WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1990
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UNABLE TO COMMENT ON PRESS REPORTS: CS
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(WEDNESDAY)
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY
PRESS SPECULATION ABOUT SAID THAT HE IS UNABLE TO COMMENT ON RECENT ADVICE GIVEN BY THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION IN A PARTICULAR CASE.
SAID
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS ELSIE TU, SIR DAVID
WAS BEING MADE IN NOR WAS HE ABLE TO SAY WHETHER ANY INVESTIGATION
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SINCE RELATION TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION,
BEING UNDERTAKEN COULD LEND THAT ENQUIRIES WERE
CREDENCE TO THE ASSERTIONS IN THOSE REPORTS.
TO ASCERTAIN DID NOT CONFORM WITH 18 (1) (I) OF THE LEGISLATIVE
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT QUESTION WHICH SOUGHT WHETHER STATEMENTS IN THE PRESS WERE ACCURATE
IN STANDING ORDER THE RULES SET OUT COUNCIL.
"THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING THE GOVERNOR ON JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS.
JUDICIAL
COMMISSION "COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE
AND THE GOVERNOR ON SUCH MATTERS ARE CONFIDENTIAL BY REASON OF SECTION 11 OF THE SERVICE COMMISSION ORDINANCE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
"
12 SIR DAVID SAID THAT IT WAS AN OFFENCE BY REASON OF SECTION
THE COURSE OF HIS OF THE ORDINANCE FOR A PERSON, OTHERWISE THAN IN DUTY, TO ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION.
"THE CHIEF JUSTICE, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION, ME THAT, TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE, NO SUCH ATTEMPT HAS EITHER IN THE CASE REFERRED TO, OR IN ANY OTHER CASE.
INFORMS BEEN MADE
"IF SUCH
AN
ATTEMPT WERE TO BE MADE
SIR DAVID SAID. APPROPRIATE ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN,
OF THEN,
COURSE,
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POSITIVE MEASURES TAKEN TO CONTAIN LEVEL OF JUVENILE CRIME
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POSITIVE MEASURES ARE TAKEN TO MONITOR AND CONTAIN THE LEVEL OF JUVENILE CRIME, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON MICHAEL CHENG ASPREY OUTLINED THE MEASURES TAKEN TO COUNTER
JUVENILE
MR TAK-KIN, CRIME. THESE
INCLUDED:
REGULAR SCHOOLS VISITS AND SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICERS;
LECTURES BY DISTRICT
POLICE
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