WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989
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COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR STORING HE LAWS
A
COMPUTER BILINGUAL THE GOVERNMENT WILL SOON SET UP FOR STORING ALL 31 VOLUMES OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG.
SYSTEM
AND
BE SET UP IN AN AID ΤΟ QUALITY
OF
THE COMPUTERISED INFORMATION SYSTEM WHICH WILL THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT'S LAW DRAFTING DIVISION IS PRIMARILY
THE EFFICIENCY RESEARCH AND IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE DRAFTING.
ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSED TIME-TABLE, TENDERS FOR THE WILL BE CALLED IN JANUARY, THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE INSTALLED IN AND THE SYSTEM WILL BE READY FOR OPERATION EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THE LEGAL INFORMATION SYSTEM IS
THE ON WORKING ΤΟ LAWYERS LOCALISATION OF LAWS PROGRAMMES.
USEFUL
COMPUTER OCTOBER
EXPECTED ΤΟ BE PARTICULARLY
AND DRAFTING BILINGUAL
THE
APPROVED (WEDNESDAY} TODAY
THE CAPITAL COSTS
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE NON-RECURRENT COMMITMENT OF $8.44 MILLION TO MEET OF EQUIPMENT, SITE PREPARATION AND OTHER EXPENDITURE.
IN ADDITION, THE STAFF COSTS FOR IMPLEMENTING ESTIMATED AT $1.3 MILLION BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL 1990.
THE PROJECT IS
THEREAFTER THE ANNUAL RECURRENT COST OF MAINTAINING THE IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $1 MILLION.
SYSTEM
OF ABOUT 20,000 MAINTAINED IS
AT PRESENT, THE LAWS OF HONG KONG CONSISTING
31 VOLUMES IN ORDINANCES, PAGES, INCLUDES 536 MANUALLY BY THE LAW DRAFTING DIVISION.
AND
CONTEXT OF THE
"A MANUAL SYSTEM MEANS THAT THE LACK
TEXT FOR RETRIEVING CROSS-CONNECTING
EXISTING ΤΟ AMENDMENTS LEGISLATION OR MAKING
NECESSITATES LAWS, RESEARCH ON THE TIME-CONSUMING EFFORT," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
CONTENT
OF AUTOMATED FACILITIES
WHEN
NEW DRAFTING OR LAWS,
ANY OTHER AND LABORIOUS
ENABLE NEWLY
ONE OF THE EXPECTED BENEFITS OF THE SYSTEM IS TO ENACTED LAWS OR AMENDMENTS TO BE MORE ACCURATE AND CONSISTENT.
IT SHOULD ALSO REDUCE THE NEED FOR AMENDING LEGISLATION DUE
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
то
ARE ENVISAGED AND THEN CHANGING
HE SAID THAT EXTENSIVE CHANGES TO EXISTING LAWS IN THE TRANSITION TO 1997. THESE INCLUDE LOCATING ALL REFERENCES TO ENGLISH LEGISLATION AND COLONIAL STATUS.
VOLUMES OF ENGLISH LAWS NOW
FURTHERMORE, AN ESTIMATED FIVE APPLICABLE TO HONG KONG MUST BE LOCALISED AND ENACTED BEFORE 1997.
/ANY POSSIBLE