FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1991
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NEW CONSUMER COUNCIL CHAIRMAN APPOINTED
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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED PROFESSOR EDWARD CHEN KWAN-YIU AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, TO SUCCEED MR MARTIN LEE WHOSE TERM EXPIRED ON OCTOBER 6, 1991.
THE APPOINTMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GÅZÉTTÉ TODAY (FRIDAY).
A GOVERNMENT
SPOKESMAN SAID MR LEE HAD INDICATED ΤΟ THE GOVERNOR THAT, IN VIEW OF HIS OTHER IMPORTANT COMMITMENTS, HE WOULD NOT SEEK ANOTHER TERM.
"PROFESSOR CHEN IS VERY WELL QUALIFIED TO HEAD THE COUNCIL. HE HAS A GOOD TRACK RECORD IN THE FIELD OF CONSUMER PROTECTION," HE SAID.
PROFESSOR CHEN WAS FIRST APPOINTED A MEMBER OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL IN 1987 AND LATER BECAME VICE-CHAIRMAN IN 1989.
OVER THESE YEARS, PROFESSOR CHEN HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS OF THE COUNCIL.
HE IS CURRENTLY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL'S INFORMATION MONITORING COMMITTEE, CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE ON MONOPOLISTIC TENDENCIES AND WORKING GROUP ON OIL PRICES.
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BILL CREATES FRESH OFFENCES OF FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING
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NEW OFFENCES OF FORGERY, COUNTERFEITING OF NOTES AND COINS OTHER RELATED OFFENCES ARE PROPOSED IN THE CRIMES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1991.
THE BILL, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY); SEEKS TO MODERNISE PROVISIONS ON FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING CONTAINED IN THE CRIMES ORDINANCE.
THE BILL IS BASED SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE ENGLISH FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING ACT 1981, WHICH REPLACED THE FORGERY ACT 1913 ON WHICH THE EXISTING HONG KONG LEGISLATION IS BASED.
THE EXISTING LAW CONSISTS OF A LARGE NUMBER OF OFFENCES, WHICH ARE DIFFERENTIATED ONLY BY THE NATURE OF THE DOCUMENT FORGED AND WHICH CARRY A VARIETY OF MAXIMUM SENTENCES.
THE BILL AIMS TO REPLACE THIS MULTIPLICITY OF OFFENCES WITH THREE BASIC FORMS OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT. THESE ARE: MAKING A FALSE INSTRUMENT, MAKING A COPY OF A FALSE INSTRUMENT AND
FALSE
USING A
INSTRUMENT.
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