WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1993
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EMPLOYERS ENCOURAGED TO SET UP WORK-BASED CHILD CARE CENTRES
WORK- IT IS GOVERNMENT POLICY TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO SET UP BASED CHILD CARE CENTRES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH
WELFARE,
THE MRS ELIZABETH WONG, INFORMED AND
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THIS POLICY WAS SET OUT IN THE 1991 WHITE PAPER "SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1990S AND BEYOND".
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO SOCIAL
PROMOTE CONCEPT AMONG EMPLOYERS IN HONG KONG AND TO PAVE THE WAY FOR COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS RELATIVELY NEW CONCEPT, MRS WONG SAID IN A WRITTEN · REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON LAM KUI-CHUN.
THE GOVERNMENT, AS AN EMPLOYER, HAS RECENTLY CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CIVIL SERVANTS WORKING IN CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI DISTRICTS TO COLLECT IN THEIR VIEWS ON A PROPOSAL TO SET UP A WORK-BASED CHILD CARE CENTRE EITHER CENTRAL OR WAN CHAI FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
AND THE RESPONSE TO THE SURVEY IS ENCOURAGING, MRS WONG SAID.
APPOINTMENT PROCEDURES ON COURT OF APPEAL JUDGES EXPLAINED
QUALIFICATIONS
ONLY CANDIDATES WHO MEET THE STATUTORY STIPULATED IN THE SUPREME COURT ORDINANCE WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE COURT OF APPEAL IN HONG KONG.
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THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU WAT-HING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE THREE SOURCES OF CANDIDATES ARE: JUDGES AT HIGH COURT LEVEL, LOCAL LAWYERS OUTSIDE THE JUDICIARY AND LAWYERS RECRUITED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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SIR DAVID SAID WHEN A VACANCY WAS EXPECTED, SOUNDINGS WOULD TAKEN IN HONG KONG THROUGH THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION AND LEADERS OF THE PROFESSION TO IDENTIFY ANY SUITABLE CANDIDATES.
SHOULD IT BE CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO SEEK CANDIDATES OUTSIDE HONG KONG, ENQUIRIES WILL BE MADE THROUGH THE JUDICIAL SOURCES AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, HE ADDED.
ALL LIKELY CANDIDATES ARE CONSIDERED BY THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION WHICH WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNOR.
IF THE GOVERNOR ACCEPTS THE RECOMMENDATION, HE WILL SUBMIT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR APPROVAL.
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/WHEN APPROVAL