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TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1993
ON COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY CNTA, MR LAM SAID CONTINUED EFFORTS WOULD BE MADE TO ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION OF AREA COMMITTEES AND RURAL COMMITTEES.
ASSISTANCE AND
SERVICES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS, YOUTH GROUPS AND WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS.
DISTRICT FESTIVALS
SUCH AS THE CHEUNG CHAU BUN FESTIVAL, DRAGON BOAT RACES, THE TIN HAU PROCESSION IN YUEN LONG AND TRADITIONAL TA CHIU CEREMONIES WILL ALSO BE PROMOTED TO RETAIN NEW TERRITORIES' LOCAL FLAVOUR AND CUSTOMS.
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AS THE HEUNG YEE KUK
WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 350,000 INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS IN THE NT HAS A VITAL ROLE ΤΟ PLAY IN ALL THIS, MR LAM PLEDGED TO CONTINUE TO CLOSELY LIAISE AND MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KUK.
"WE WILL, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO CONSULT THE HEUNG YEE KUK ON ALL MAJOR POLICY ISSUES AFFECTING THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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MR LAM STRESSED CNTA'S COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF BOTH THE NT NEW TOWNS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.
AG EXPLAINS ROLE OF PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, SERVED THE INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF HONG KONG AND WAS NOT THE SERVANT OR THE TOOL OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL., MR JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID.
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC FOUNDATION TODAY (TUESDAY), MR MATHEWS SAID THIS PRINCIPLE WAS OF PARAMOUNT I
IMPORTANCE TO THE RULE OF LAW AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN HONG KONG.
"IT IS A KEY FEATURE AND HAS LONG BEEN SO REGARDED IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM THAT. AS AN ESSENTIAL SAFEGUARD FOR THE FAIR, UNBIASED ADMINISTRATION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT ΤΟ THE DIRECTION AND CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT AND MUST JEALOUSLY GUARD THAT INDEPENDENCE IN THE SAME WAY AS THE JUDICIARY," HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT WHEN NEWSPAPERS SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD PROSECUTED SUCH AND SUCH A PERSON, THAT WAS INACCURATE AND MISLEADING.
"THE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTES NO ONE, FOR IT HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROSECUTION. ALL PROSECUTIONS ARE BROUGHT BY OR IN THE NAME OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ARE BROUGHT QUITE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
"SO THAT WHEN 17 IS CLAIMED THAT A PARTICULAR PROSECUTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT FOR POLITICAL MOTIVES IMPLYING THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS BEEN TOLD WHOM TO PROSECUTE, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THAT IS COMPLETELY UNTRUE.
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