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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1992
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SUBSTANTIAL WORK DONK TO IMPLEMENT
FAMILY LAW REPORT PROPOSALS
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IN
REPORT
THE
BY
SUBSTANTIAL WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN UNDERTAKEN TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BULK OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
THE THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION CONCERNING THE INTESTATES' ESTATES ORDINANCE, THE WILLS ORDINANCES AND THE DECEASED'S FAMILY MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ELSIE TU, SAID THIS WAS DONE IN THE LIGHT OF THE VIEWS RECEIVED BY THE GENERAL FROM RELEVANT POLICY SECRETARIES ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS SINCE THE REPORT WAS PUBLISHED IN MAY 1990.
MR
SUEN ATTORNEY REPORT'S
HE NOTED THAT THE REPORT CONTAINED ABOUT 70 RECOMMENDATIONS MODERNISE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF FAMILY LAW.
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HOWEVER, MR SUEN ADDED, A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FOUND TO BE MORE COMPLEX IN NATURE AND REQUIRE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF
THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
"THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAVE VERY RECENTLY ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CARRIAGE OF THE REPORT.
"WE ARE CONSIDERING HOW BEST TO TAKE THE
HE SAID.
FORWARD,
LEGISLATIVE EXERCISE
NO STANDING ARRANGEMENTS TO RETURN SICK CITIZENS FROM OVERSEAS
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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS NO STANDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RETURN OF HONG KONG CITIZENS FROM OUTSIDE THE TERRITORY OF HONG KONG FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON STEVEN POON, THE SECRETARY SAID SUCH ARRANGEMENTS FELL OUTSIDE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY.
HE SAID THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITHIN ITS BORDERS.
WAS TO
"THEREFORE, IF ANY PERSON ARRIVES IN HONG KONG NEEDING EMERGENCY CARE, AN AMBULANCE WILL BE CALLED TO TRANSFER THAT PERSON TO HOSPITAL, MR ASPREY SAID.
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/HE SAID
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