WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1989
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MR BARNES SAID THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE DID NOT HAVR UNLIMITED POWERS UNDER THE ORDINANCE, WHICH PLACED CLEAR LIMITS ON HIS POWERS AND PROVIDED A CHANNEL FOR APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE COMMISSIONER WAS GIVEN WIDE DISCRETION BY THE ORDINANCE AS TO THE CONDITIONS THAT MIGHT BE IMPOSED ON A GATHERING BECAUSE OF THE VERY WIDE RANGE OF GATHERINGS THAT WERE POSSIBLE AND THE WIDE VARIETY OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THEY MIGHT BB TAKING PLACE.
"CONDITIONS NEED TO BE OBSERVED NOT SIMPLY IN THE INTERESTS OF PRESERVING PUBLIC ORDER BUT ALSO FOR OTHER PURPOSES, SUCH AS AVOIDING NUISANCE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PREVENTING OBSTRUCTIONS TO TRAFFIC, HE SAID.
"THE URBAN AREAS, PUBLIC PLACES AND ROADS OF HONG KONG ARE BUSY AND CROWDED, YET THE HOLDING OF GATHERINGS, MEETINGS AND PROCESSIONS IS NOT UNDULY RESTRICTED, AND ONLY A TINY PROPORTION ARB DISALLOWED OR REFUSED.
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"IF SUCH EVENTS ARE TO TAKE PLACE FREQUENTLY, AS THEY WITHOUT CAUSING DISRUPTION TO THE COMMUNITY, CONTROL 19 OBVIOUSLY ESSENTIAL, HE SAID.
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MR BARNES ALSO SAID THAT RECENT PERFORMANCE SUGGESTED THAT THE LICENSING AUTHORITY EXERCISED ITS DISCRETION AND JUDGEMENT REASONABLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
KEY POSITIONS BEING FILLED SATISFACTORILY
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THE CIVIL SERVICE CONTINUPS ΤΟ BE ABLE TO FILL ITS KEY POSITIONS WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE CALIBRE IT NEEDS, THE SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (WEDNESDAY).
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REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON NELLIE PONG, SIR DAVID SAID THE VACANCY AND TURNOVER SITUATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE CAMPARED VERY FAVOURABLY WITH THE POSITION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
OF IMPROVING THE DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF
"WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT WAYS PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY OF INDIVIDUALS AND GOOD MANPOWER PLANNING AND TRAINING SCHEMES AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND OTHER OFFICE EQUIPMENT, HE SAID.
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HE ADDED THAT THE RESOURCES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE MUST BE TO THE BEST POSSIBLE USE TO ENSURE THAT THE SERVICES PROVIDED COMMUNITY WERE OF HIGH QUALITY.
/SIR DAVID