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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1993
REPORT OF COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO WITNESS PROTECTION
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT MR JUSTICE KEMPSTER HAD SUBMITTED HIS REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR ON THE FINDINGS OF HIS INVESTIGATIONS INTO WITNESS PROTECTION IN THE CASE OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANT NGUYÊN VAN-BAU, WHOSE MURDER TRIAL WAS ABORTED LAST OCTOBER.
"ARRANGEMENTS ARE NOW BEING MADE FOR THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE REPORT ΤΟ BE PRINTED. IT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON APRIL
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THE FULL CHINESE VERSION OF THE REPORT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS THE NECESSARY TRANSLATION WORK IS COMPLETED, ' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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TRANSFER OF APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY WILL ENHANCE DISTRICT BOARD'S ROLE
THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL TO TRANSFER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING APPOINTMENT TO LOCAL COMMITTEES TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS (DBS) IS INTENDED TO ENHANCE THE ROLE OF DBs AND THEIR INFLUENCE IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), MR CC WAN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
AT A MEETING WITH A GROUP
OF DB MEMBERS, MR WAN SAID THE PROPOSAL WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT AND DID NOT
LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.
"SINCE IT INVOLVES THE DBs, IT IS LOGICAL TO PUT THIS BOARDS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION
APPROPRIATION JUST LIKE FUND BE CONSIDERED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE," HE SAID.
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ASKED TO EXPLAIN THE MECHANICS OF THE PROPOSAL, MR WAN POINTED OUT THAT DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS, THESE LOCAL COMMITTEES MAY INCLUDE THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME ORGANISING COMMITTEES, CIVIC EDUCATION COMMITTEES, INDUSTRIAL LIAISON COMMITTEES, KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEES, MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES OF COMMUNITY HALLS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES AKIN
TO PARTICULATR DISTRICTS.
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"UNDER THE PROPOSAL, APPOINTMENT TO THESE LOCAL COMMITTEES WILL BE MADE ON THE ADVICE OF
DBS. UNDER SECTION 20(A) (1) OF DISTRICT BOARD ORDINANCE, DBs ARE ΤΟ ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT MATTERS AFFECTING THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT' THIS CAN INCLUDE APPOINTMENT TO THESE LOCAL COMMITTEES, HE SAID.
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MR WAN NOTED THAT THE PROPOSAL WAS MET WITH DIFFERENT RESPONSE FROM DBS. MOST HAVE ACCEPTED IT, BUT A FEW HAVE DECLINED THE OFFER. THESE DIFFERENT REACTIONS REFLECT THE INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE OF DIFFERENT DBs.
"DBS ARE OF COURSE FREE TO DECIDE ON THIS MATTER AND I AM THAT DB MEMBERS WOULD OPT FOR A FORM OF ARRANGEMENT WHICH CONSIDER TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THESE LOCAL COMMITTEES AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN DBS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, HE SAID.
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