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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1993
UTILISATION
RATE
"THE
OF THE SERVICE RANGING FROM 37 PER CENT TO 76 PER CENT, WITH A MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST, MRS WONG SAID,
++
FLUCTUATE,
SUMMER
ΤΟ TENDED
PEAK IN THE
AND
PART
LONG AS REGARDS THE NUMBER OF CHILD CARE CENTRES IN YUEN
DURING THE EXPERIMENTAL TUEN MUN WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE SCHEME
MRS WONG SAID ONE CENTRE EACH IN THE TWO DISTRICTS TOOK IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SCHEME FROM NOVEMBER 1989 TO APRIL 1991.
PERIOD,
THE FIGURE ROSE TO TWO CENTRES IN YUEN LONG AND FIVE MUN DURING THE SECOND PHASE FROM MAY 1991 TO OCTOBER 1992.
IN TUEN
ARE TAKING THREE CENTRES IN YUEN LONG AND SEVEN IN TUEN MUN PART IN THE THIRD PHASE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1992 AND OCTOBER 1993.
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BARRISTERS ON ROTATION TO DO PROSECUTIONS WORK FOR CROWN
*
PUBLIC HANDLE
A LIST THE PROSECUTIONS DIVISION OF THE LEGAL, DEPARTMENT KEPT OF BARRISTERS WHO HAD APPLIED TO DO PROSECUTIONS WORK FOR THE CROWN IN
OF THE
AND WHO WERE CONSIDERED BY THE DIRECTOR HIGH COURT
TO PROSECUTIONS TO HAVE THE NECESSARY ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE CASES AT THAT LEVEL, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON SAID.
JEREMY MATHEWS,
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS ELSIE TU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR MATHEWS SAID WHEN IT CAME TO PROCEDURE WAS TO BRIEFING OUT A PARTICULAR PROSECUTION, THE NORMAL
AND CHOOSE A BARRISTER ON THE BRIEFING LIST ON THE BASIS OF ROTATION AVAILABILITY.
HER
HIS OR
IN
"OCCASIONALLY A BARRISTER WILL BE SELECTED BECAUSE OF
AREA, FOR EXAMPLE,
SPECIAL
IN
EXPERTISE COMMERCIAL CRIME," HE SAID.
A
PARTICULAR
IN 1991 THE NUMBER OF HIGH COURT CASES BRIEFED OUT WAS 65 LAST YEAR THE NUMBER WAS 73.
AND
ON
OF THESE, 19 CASES IN 1991 AND 30 CASES LAST YEAR WERE ASSIGNED
DEPARTMENT LEGAL то COUNSEL WHO WERE FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY THE OVERSEAS TERMS.
THE NUMBERS OF CASES BRIEFED OUT TO
PREVIOUSLY
EMPLOYED
EXPATRIATE COUNSEL NOT 33 BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WERE 38 IN 1991
AND
LAST YEAR.
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