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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1989
то RELATION
THE SUB-COMMITTEE WAS "CONFINING ITSELF TO THE LOWER COURTS, OF THE VIEW THAT THE WORKING PARTY'S
ENTAIL RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD EXTRA WORK
PERIODS, IN
PRE-TRIAL AND POST-TRIAL COMPREHENDING IN PARTICULAR TRANSLATION
EVIDENCE, OF DOCUMENTARY PLEADINGS, AND LENGTHY JUDGEMENTS. AND TRANSCRIPTS OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL.
THE SUB-COMMITTEE
FOR
CALCULATED
THE
THE MAGISTRACY
THAT
THE
FOR THESE EXTRA FUNCTIONS. REQUIRED INCREASE IN INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS FOR IN A RATIO OF THREE NEW POSTS FOR EVERY TWO COURTS. IT ESTIMATED
POSTS
ALSO WOULD
BE REQUIRED. EXTRA TYPIST AND CALLIGRAPHIST ANNUAL RECURRENT COST WAS CALCULATED AT $19.6 MILLION, HE SAID.
MADE FOR THE DISTRICT ESTIMATES OF POSTS REQUIRED WERE ALSO
TOTAL COST FOR COURT AND THE SMALL CLAIMS AND LABOUR TRIBUNALS. THE
THE EXERCISE (EXCEPTING HIGH ALL COURTS CONSIDERED IN
COURT, AND CORNONER'S COURT HEARINGS WITH A JURY) WAS ESTIMATED AT $39.7 MILLION, OF WHICH STAFF COSTS WOULD BE $33.94 MILLION. HE SAID.
TO THE
EXPENDITURE ON SUCH A SCALE QUITE APART FROM THE FACT THAT
OTHER AREAS, WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY CURTAIL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR
HAD BREN
OF VERY REAL
AS DOUBT
EXPRESSED
AVAILABILITY
PERSONS SUFICIENT
POSSESSED OF THE
FOR THE SKILLS ESSENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, MR STOCK SAID.
THAT IN VIEW OF
"I AM ADVISED
THIS PROBLEM IT WAS FELT IS TO CONSIDER NECESSARY TO FORM ANOTHER WORKING PARTY WHOSE JOB IT FROM A PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW WHICH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IMPLEMENTED GIVEN THESE QUESTIONS OF COST AND OF THE SKILLS. HE SAID.
FI
MIGHT BE AVAILABILITY OF
POLICE UPHOLD PRINCIPLE OF FREE PRESS
THE ROYAL
HONG
KONG
THE
HON
FORCE HAS ALWAYS UPHELD PRINCIPLE OF A FREE. INDEPENDENT AND RESPONSIBLE PRESS. THE
BARNES, SAID FOR SECURITY.
GEOFFREY
IN
POLICE
THE
THE
SECRETARY LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL MEETING TODAY WEDNESDAY).
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THE
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INFRINGE UPON OR ΤΟ "THEY HAVE NEVER DELIBERATELY SOUGHT TO RESTRICT THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. NOR IS IT THEIR INTENTION TO DO
FROM QUESTION
HON IN THE FUTURE. MR BARNES SAID IN REPLY TO A
VIDEO TAPES MIRIAM LAU REGARDING THE RECENT SEIZURE BY THE POLICE OF FROM TWO TELEVISION STATIONS.
IN
EXERCISING POWERS UNDER THE POLICE HE POINTED OUT THAT
AIMED то ENSURE THAT ANY FORCE OR ANY OTHER ORDINANCE, THE POLICE
PROVISIONS ACTION TAKEN WAS LEGAL AND JUSTIFIED, HAVING REGARD TO THE
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE RELEVANT LEGISLATION, RULES OF EVIDENCE AND OF THE SITUATION ITSELF.
/"IN CONSIDERING