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BUT MR JUSTICE HOOPER SAID THAT IF THE SUSPECT HAD NO EVIDENCE OF HIS NAME AND ADDRESS OTHER THAN HIS IDENTITY CARD, THE PUBLIC OFFICER WOULD BE ENTITLED TO DEMAND THAT THE SUSPECT PRODUCE IT, MR
CHAU NOTED.
"THE
ANSWER IS THEREFORE NOT ENTIRELY STRAIGHT-FORWARD BUT THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS SATISFIED THAT THESE VARIOUS PROVISIONS, WHEN READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE JUDGEMENT OF MR JUSTICE HOOPER IN RELATION TO SECTION 23 OF CHAPTER 132, GIVES ITS OFFICERS SUFFICIENT POWERS TO ENFORCE THE LEGISLATION,
MR CHAU SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD ISSUED FULL GUIDELINES TO ITS STAFF TO ENABLE THEM TO ENFORCE THE LEGISLATION SATISFACTORILY.
UNPAID MEMBERS OF ADVISORY BODIES NOT DISCOURAGED
FROM COMMUNITY WORK
COMMUNITY
OF ADVISORY
WORK, THE
BODIES SECRETARY TSAO,
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT UNPAID MEMBERS WERE DISCOURAGED FROM PARTICIPATING IN
AND INFORMATION, THE HON PETER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES INFORMED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
JAMES MCGREGOR,
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON
WERE MR TSAO SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS SATISFIED THAT ALTHOUGH PAYMENTS
COMMITTEES, THERE WAS NOT MADE TO MEMBERS OF MANY OF THE BOARDS AND
TO PARTICIPATING NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS WAS A DISINCENTIVE IN COMMUNITY WORK THROUGH APPOINTMENT TO SUCH BODIES.
ON
THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT THE GOVERNMENT RELIED
OF THE PUBLIC WHO OF MEMBERS
SERVED NON-STATUTORY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, HE SAID.
ADVICE
HEAVILY ON THE STATUTORY AND
TO MEMBERS OF THE PAYMENT ARE
"WHETHER PAYMENT SHOULD BE MADE BOARD OR COMMITTEE AND THE LEVEL OF CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, MR TSAO EXPLAINED.
A
PARTICULAR DECIDED ON A
"THE
FACTORS FOR
DURATION OF MEETINGS, THE
CONSIDERATION INCLUDE
EXPERTISE PROFESSIONAL
L HE SAID.
THE
FREQUENCY
AND
REQUIRED AND THE
NATURE AND LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILTIES,
HOWEVER, MR TSAO ADDED THAT VARIOUS FORMS OF PAYMENTS,
REMUNERATION, HONORARIUM, FEE AND ALLOWANCE, WERE TO MEMBERS OF 42 BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
IN
SUCH AS
FACT AVAILABLE
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