25
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1990
LOOSE-LEAF FORMAT WILL "IT IS HOWEVER ESTIMATED THAT THE NEW BRING ABOUT CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS IN PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS, HE SAID.
MR MATHEWS EXPLAINED ON THE NEED TO BRING IN THE NEW FORMAT,
AND THEIR SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION, THAT THE ORDINANCES OF HONG KONG
PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT WERE WHEN THEY GAZETTE.
WERE FIRST
ENACTED,
ALSO BEEN PUBLISHED IN FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS OR SO THEY HAD CONSOLIDATED FORM IN WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE REVISED EDITION.
IT
ALL LAWS "THE REVISED EDITION IS THE AUTHORITATIVE VERSION OF INCLUDED IN IT. IT NOW RUNS TO SOME 20,000 PAGES IN 32 VOLUMES AND
AND AMENDMENTS," IS UPDATED EVERY YEAR BY AN EDITION OF NEW BOOKLETS MR MATHEWS SAID.
THERE
WERE
HE NOTED THAT REVISED EDITION IN EXISTENCE.
APPROXIMATELY
1,800
SETS OF
THE
YEARS, "THE REVISED EDITION HAS SERVED US WELL FOR THE PAST 25
PUBLICATION MEAN THAT BUT NEW AND PROPOSED CHANGES IN ENACTMENT AND
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID. IT CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO SO,
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ENACTED
AND PUBLISHED IN BOTH "NEW ORDINANCES ARE NOW ENGLISH AND CHINESE LANGUAGES. THERE IS ALSO A PROGRAMME UNDER WAY TRANSLATE EXISTING LAWS INTO CHINESE.
THE
то
PUBLISHED "BILINGUAL TEXTS OF NEW ORDINANCES ARE PRESENTED AND
ORDINANCES WILL ALSO BE TOGETHER. THE CHINESE TEXT OF THE EXISTING PUBLISHED IN DUE COURSE," HE POINTED OUT.
ENACTED TOGETHER WITH THE STEADY INCREASE OF THE AMOUNT OF LAW
NEXT FEW YEARS THERE EACH YEAR, IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT WITHIN THE COULD WELL BE 80 VOLUMES OF TEXT IN BILINGUAL FORM.
EDITION
"
DOES NOT READILY MR MATHEWS SAID.
"THE PRESENT FORMAT OF THE REVISED LEND ITSELF TO ACCOMMODATING THIS VAST EXPANSION,
AFTER EXTENSIVE
CONSULTATION
IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS
SHOULD BE A COMPLETE CHANGE IN THE FORMAT AND THAT IT SHOULD BE OF A LOOSE-LEAF TYPE.
"WITH THIS NEW LOOSE-LEAF FORMAT, OUR PRESENT AMENDMENT CAN BE GREATLY IMPROVED,' MR MATHEWS ADDED.
+
SYSTEM
HELP IN BRINGING THE THE BECAUSE HOWVER,
SYSTEM IT WAS
AT PRESENT A NOTER-UP WAS PUBLISHED TO
DURING THE YEAR. REVISED EDITION UP TO DATE PROPER USE OF THE NOTER-UP INVOLVED A "CUT AND PASTE" BOTH TEDIOUS AND TIME CONSUMING FOR USERS.
MR MATHEWS SAID WITH THE
HELP OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED PRINTING AND MAINTAIN AN EDITION OF TECHNOLOGY, IT WAS POSSIBLE TO PUBLISH
BROUGHT UP ΤΟ DATE BY LAWS IN LOOSE-LEAF FORM THAT WAS CONSTANTLY THE INSERTION OF NEW INDIVIDUAL PAGES IN PLACE OF THE OLD.
/IT WAS