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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1993
MR
ALBERT CHAN (THROUGH INTERPRETER) : IN RELATION то THE FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE AIRPORT, WHEN THE MOU WAS SIGNED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WERE NOT CONSULTED. RECENTLY OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE IF TALKS ARE TO RESUME, COULD THE GOVERNOR GIVE US THE UNDERTAKING THAT IN RELATION TO THE FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS YOU WILL CONSULT THE VIEWS OF THE LEGCO BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE?
GOVERNOR THE HONOURABLE MEMBER AND I HAVE, I AM AFRAID, A DIFFERENT VIEW OF HISTORY ON THIS SUBJECT. I DON'T THINK THAT ANY AIRPORT IN THE WORLD HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC AS MUCH AS THIS ONE AND I DOUBT WHETHER THE FINANCING OF ANY AIRPORT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AS WIDELY AS THIS ONE.
WE MUST HAVE CUT DOWN LARGE SECTIONS OF THE AMAZON OR THE MALAYSIAN TROPICAL FOREST IN ORDER TO PRODUCE ALL THE PAPERS FOR ALL THE REPORTS AND ALL THE SUBMISSIONS ON THE FINANCING OF THE AIRPORT. OF COURSE, THIS COUNCIL WILL BE CONSULTED, THIS COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE AS IT KNOWS FUNDING FROM THE PUBLIC PURSE FOR THE AIRPORT, WE'LL ALSO BE CONSULTING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ACC. I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN, то BE HONEST, ANY LACK OF CONSULTATION. WHAT UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S BEEN IS A LACK OF FINAL AGREEMENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT FINAL AGREEMENT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
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BILL TO REGULATE FOREIGN LAWYERS
*
PROVIDE
AND
LEGISLATION WILL BE PROPOSED ΤΟ REGULATION OF FOREIGN LAW FIRMS AND FOREIGN LAWYERS IN HONG KONG
FOR STATUTORY TO INTRODUCE MEASURES TO CHECK IMPROPER TOUTING AND IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION.
COMMISSION-TAKING
CONTAINS
THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993, WHICH THE RELEVANT LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS, WILL BE GAZETTED TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE MAY 5.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON
ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S THE PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE
CHAMBERS, MEASURES TO PRACTICE OF FOREIGN LAW FIRMS AND FOREIGN LAWYERS ARE
REGULATE THE OPERATION AND WITH RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE LAW SOCIETY, WHICH WERE APPROVED
IN ACCORDANCE PRINCIPLE BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL EARLY LAST YEAR.
IN
FOLLOWED
THE LAW SOCIETY'S RECOMMENDATIONS
INITIATIVE TO INTRODUCE A FRAMEWORK OF REGULATION IN
AN EARLIER
GOVERNMENT AREA.
THIS
FOREIGN LAWYERS AND
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WILL REQUIRE FOREIGN LAW FIRMS TO REGISTER WITH THE LAW SOCIETY.
THEY CAN ONLY PRACTISE THE LAW OF THEIR HOME THAT OF A THIRD COUNTRY AND CANNOT EMPLOY OR JOIN WITH A HONG KONG SOLICITOR TO PRACTISE HONG KONG LAW.
JURISDICTION OR
INTO PARTNERSHIP
HOWEVER, A REGISTERED FOREIGN LAW FIRM WILL BE ABLE INTO AN ASSOCIATION WITH A LOCAL FIRM.
то ENTER
/A REGISTERED