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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1990
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FIXED PENALTY FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OFFENCE
RESOLUTION
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PASSED A
OF $200 ON DRIVERS PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A FIXED PENALTY WHO CONTRAVENE THE YELLOW STRIPED MARKING AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.
THE MOVING
MOTION,
THE
FOR
THE HON SECRETARY
TRANSPORT, STRIPED YELLOW
MARKING WAS INTRODUCED TO MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID THE
THE MARKED AREA AND PREVENT ANY PERSON FROM DRIVING A VEHICLE INTO STOPPING.
DURING A TWO-YEAR TRIAL OF
CROSSINGS, CONTROLLED PEDESTRIAN
THE MARKING AT RESULTS SHOWED
32 LIGHT SIGNAL THAT VEHICULAR
OBSTRUCTION WAS REDUCED BY 60 PER CENT AND ACCIDENTS TO PEDESTRIANS BY 18.2 PER CENT, HE ADDED.
THE RESOLUTION WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1 THIS YEAR.
INCREASED LEGAL AID FEES APPROVED
THE LEGISLATIVE
* * * *
COUNCIL TODAY
PASSED (WEDNESDAY)
A MOTION (AMENDMENT} RULES 1990, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CRIMINAL CASES APPROVING THE LEGAL AID IN MADE BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE UNDER SECTION 9A OF THE ORDINANCE.
IN
ORDINANCE, THE THAT THE PURPOSE THE MAXIMUM FEES DIRECTOR OF LEGAL
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE MOVING A MOTION UNDER THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, EXPLAINED OF THE AMENDED RULES WAS TO EFFECT AN INCREASE PAYABLE TO COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS ASSIGNED BY THE AID TO CONDUCT CRIMINAL CASES.
THE PRESENT OPERATING COSTS
HE SAID THE FEES WERE LAST INCREASED IN 1987 AND
RISE IN TO REFLECT INFLATION AND THE PROPOSAL WAS SINCE THEN.
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1, 1990, THE MAXIMUM FRES WILL BUT WITH GREATER INCREASES REQUIRE SUBSTANTIALLY
WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL INCREASED ON AVERAGE BY 25 PER CENT, RESPECT OF APPEAL CASES WHICH PREPARATION,' HE SAID.
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE
ENSURE NEED TO
THAT
REGARD TO THE
BE
IN
MORE
REVISION HAD BEEN MADE WITH
AND ABLE EXPERIENCED
LAWYERS FAIR
WERE AVAILABLE TO CONDUCT CRIMINAL CASES AND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AND REASONABLE REMUNERATION FOR THE WORK DONE.
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