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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1992
THE TARGET WAS TO HAVE FINAL CHINESE DRAFTS OF ALL EXISTING LEGISLATIONS EXAMINED BY THE BILINGUAL LAWS ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY THE END OF 1995.
MR FINDLAY TOLD THE COUNCIL: "IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT TO END THIS SPEECH WITHOUT A SPECIAL MENTION OF MR ERIC AU WHO DIED ON MARCH
30, 1992.
ERIC WAS THE PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN CHARGE OF THE BILINGUAL LAWS PROJECT.
"IT
WAS VERY MUCH HIS CHILD, WHICH HE WAS CAREFULLY NURTURING MATURITY. HE WILL NOT SEE IT FULLY GROWN, BUT IT WILL STAND AS PROUD MONUMENT TO HIS MEMORY AND ACHIEVEMENT".
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NEW MEANS TEST IN CRIMINAL LEGAL AID CASES
CALLED THE
A MOTION ΤΟ GIVE EFFECT TO A NEW MEANS TEST "FINANCIAL CAPACITY" APPROACH, IN CRIMINAL LEGAL AID CASES, WAS PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE MOTION, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, SAID THE GOVERNMENT AIMED TO IMPLEMENT THE "FINANCIAL APPROACH WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1 THIS YEAR.
то THIS END, IT WAS NECESSARY то AMEND THE REGULATIONS APPLYING TO CIVIL CASES AND THE RULES MADE BY JUSTICE APPLYING TO CRIMINAL CASES.
CAPACITY"
SUBSIDIARY THE CHIEF
HE SAID THE AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGAL AID IN CRIMINAL CASES RULES MADE BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE WAS SUBMITTED TO THE LEGCO FOR APPROVAL.
SUBSTANTIAL WORTHY
"THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WILL BRING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING CRIMINAL LEGAL AID SYSTEM AND ARE OF THE SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL," HE SAID.
IS MONTHLY
UNDER THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS, AN APPLICANT FOR LEGAL AID REQUIRED TO SATISFY THE FINANCIAL LIMITS ON BOTH DISPOSABLE INCOME AND DISPOSABLE CAPITAL.
THIS APPROACH DISADVANTAGES RESOURCES CONSIST MAINLY OF EITHER INCOME OR
APPLICANTS WHOSE
FINANCIAL
CAPITAL.
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MOREOVER, THE FINANCIAL LIMITS WHICH WERE LAST REVISED IN LAG BEHIND INCREASES IN EARNINGS OVER THE YEARS AND NEED TO BE UPDATED.
THE "FINANCIAL CAPACITY" APPROACH ASSESSES AN APPLICANT'S MEANS ON THE BASIS OF HIS AGGREGATE "FINANCIAL RESOURCES", DISPOSABLE ANNUAL INCOME AND DISPOSABLE CAPITAL.
INCLUDING
MORE APPLICANTS WILL BECOME FINANCIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR LEGAL UNDER THIS APPROACH.
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