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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON WONG WAI-YIN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), HE SAID THE APPROVED DECORATION CONTRACTOR SYSTEM WAS ANOTHER MEASURE TO COMBAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO DECORATION WORKS IN NEW ESTATES.
UNDER THE SYSTEM, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MAINTAINS AN APPROVED LIST OF DECORATION CONTRACTORS AND ONLY THOSE CONTRACTORS REGISTERED ON THE LIST ARE ALLOWED TO CARRY OUT DECORATION WORKS IN NEWLY COMPLETED RENTAL ESTATES.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 87 SUCH APPROVED DECORATION CONTRACTORS.
"THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT MONITORS THE SYSTEM CLOSELY IN RESPECT PRICE, WORKMANSHIP AS WELL AS BACKGROUND AND CONDUCT OF THE APPROVED DECORATION CONTRACTORS, HE SAID.
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ON TIN YIU ESTATE, MR ASPREY SAID BEFORE IT WAS OCCUPIED, HOUSING DEPARTMENT LIAISED CLOSELY WITH THE POLICE WHO STRENGTHENED THEIR PRESENCE IN THE ESTATE TO COUNTER TRIAD AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.
SINCE OCCUPATION IN APRIL THIS YEAR, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED TWO COMPLAINTS OF NUISANCE CAUSED BY UNAUTHORISED DECORATORS AND ONE ALLEGING ASSAULT.
"ALL THESE HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE POLICE FOR INVESTIGATION; NO PROSECUTIONS HAVE YET RESULTED, HE ADDED.
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PROPOSED LAW ON FOREIGN LAW FIRMS TO BE READY IN 1992-93 SESSION
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PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO REGULATE THE PRACTICES OF FOREIGN FIRMS IS EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE 1992-93 SESSION, THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL, JAMES FINDLAY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN BARROW, FINDLAY SAID RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE BY THE LAW SOCIETY IN REPORTS PRODUCEI) IN OCTOBER 1991 IN RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS FOR A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ON FOREIGN LAW FIRMS.
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IT WAS PROPOSED THAT A FOREIGN LAW FIRM WOULD HAVE TO WITH THE LAW SOCIETY AND COULD ENTER INTO AN ASSOCIATION WITH A LAW FIRM.
THE ASSOCIATION COULD SHARE FEES, PREMISES, RESOURCES PERSONNEL. BUT THE RATIO OF FOREIGN LAWYERS TO LOCAL LAWYERS IN ASSOCIATION COULD NOT EXCEED 1:1.
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A REGISTERED FOREIGN LAW FIRM WHICH HAD PRACTISED IN HONG THREE YEARS WOULD BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A HONG KONG PRACTICE COULD PRACTISE HONG KONG LAW PROVIDED THAT THOSE WHO WERE TO HONG KONG LAW WERE QUALIFIED HONG KONG SOLICITORS.
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