WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1991
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GOVT RECOGNISES RIGHT OF DETAINEE TO LEGAL ADVICE
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RIGHT THR SECRETARY FOR OF ANY DETAINEE TO HAVE ACCESS TO LEGAL ADVICE,
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SECURITY,
INFORMED THE THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ELSIK TU, MR ASPREY LAWYERS SAID ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE IN ALL DETENTION CENTRES FOR TO HAVE ACCESS TO INDIVIDUAL NAMED CLIENTS IN PRIVATE.
"IN NO CASE HAS SUCH ACCESS BEEN REFUSED,
HE STRESSED.
MR ASPREY SAID LEGAL AID WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO ASSIST VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS OR OTHERS IN THEIR EXAMINATION BY IMMIGRATION OFFICERS, NOR REFUGEE STATUS REVIEW WAS IT AVAILABLE FOR PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE
IN BOARD, THE IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL OR FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE GOVERNOR COUNCIL.
TO
"LEGAL AID, IS, HOWEVER, AVAILABLE TO ASSIST ANY APPLICANT
OFFICER, A IMMIGRATION SEEK JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE DECISION OF AN BOARD OR A TRIBUNAL: PROVIDED HE OR SHE SATISFIES THE USUAL FINANCIAL THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND SHOWS REASONABLE GROUNDS FOR TAKING PROCEEDINGS," HE SAID.
26 MEMBERS SPOKE ON THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES MOTION
HUI YIN-
THE MOTION ON CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, MOVED BY THE HON FAT, WAS PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), AFTER A FIVE-HOUR DEBATE.
TWENTY-SEVEN MEMBERS SPOKE ON THE MOTION AND THE SECRETARY SECURITY SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.
FOR
CLAUSES UNDER THE SERVICES,
TWO MOTIONS, ONE UNDER THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL ORDINANCE AND MOVED BY THE HON ANDREW WONG, AND THE OTHER TELEPHONE ORDINANCE AND MOVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC WERE PASSED.
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- WAS ALSO 1991 WAS
MEANWHILE, ONE BILL RATING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991 PASSED
BILL IN
MEETING WHILE COMPANIES THE
(AMENDMENT} INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS. DEBATE ON IT WAS ADJOURNED.
GENERAL,
THE HON APOLOGISED
TO THE
BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, THE ATTORNEY JEREMY MATHEWS, AS MEMBER PRESIDING OVER TODAY'S MEETING, ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, COUNCIL FOR NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THE CHAIR TODAY "OWING TO SOME OVER- ENTHUSIASTIC RUNNING DOWN AT HILLSIDE."
CONVEY RECOVERY, "HE
"I'M SURE THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WOULD WISH ME TO TO THE PRESIDENT THEIR BEST WISHES FOR HIS VERY SPEEDY ADDED.
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