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"THESE MEASURES SHOULD ENABLE LESS SERIOUS INCIDENTS ΤΟ BE HANDLED EXPEDITIOUSLY, EFFECTIVELY AND FAIRLY,
OTHER PROVISIONS IN THE BILL INCLUDED:
"
HE SAID.
GRANTING TO AN OFFICER CONDUCTING A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY CERTAIN POWERS, FOR EXAMPLE, POWERS то CALL WITNESSES AND TO DEMAND THE RELEASE OF RELEVANT DOCUMENTS; AND
H
DESIGNATING A NEW DOCKYARD APPROACH" AREA ON NORTH LANTAU SO THAT SHIPS NAVIGATING TO AND FROM DOCKS LOCATED THERE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME EXEMPTION FROM COMPULSORY PILOTAGE AS THE EXISTING DOCKYARD APPROACH AREA NEAR TSING
YI ISLAND.
MR SIU SAID:
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN FORMULATED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY, THE HONG KONG PILOTS ASSOCIATION AND THE PILOTAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
"ALL PARTIES SUPPORT THE PROPOSALS."
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
0
2
BILL TO REGULATE LAWYERS INTRODUCED
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* *
BILL
(AMENDMENT)
AND THE
LEGISLATIVE
THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS 1993 WAS TO PROVIDE A STATUTORY FRAMEWORK FOR THE ADMISSION REGULATION OF FOREIGN LAWYERS AND POREIGN LAW FIRMS IN HONG KONG, ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JOHN WOOD, SAID IN COUNCIL TODAY.
THE
ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE BILL REPRESENTED THE DETERMINATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION TO ERADICATE IMPROPER COMMISSION-TAKING WITHIN THE PROFESSION.
TOUTING AND
SAIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, MR WOOD PROPOSED STATUTORY FRAMEWORK WOULD REPLACE THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS THAT GOVERNED THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN LAWYERS AND LAW INTO HONG KONG.
OF
་་
FIRMS
REGULATION
WITH WHOSE
"IT IS CLEARLY INAPPROPRIATE THAT THE ADMISSION AND A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF FOREIGN LAWYERS SHOULD BE DEALT PURELY BY ADMINISTRATIVE MEANS, IN DISTINCTION TO LOCAL LAWYERS ADMISSION AND REGULATION ARE LAID DOWN IN THE LEGAL ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THIS COUNCIL, HE SAID.
ENCOURAGE
PRACTITIONERS
ΤΟ
PROVISION
HONG
MR WOOD POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG AS A CENTRE FOR THE OF LEGAL SERVICES, SO THAT THOSE DOING BUSINESS IN OR THROUGH KONG HAD ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL LEGAL ADVICE.
"
'FOREIGN LAWYERS AND LAW FIRMS PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN DEVELOPMENT, ADDING TO THE IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF LEGAL SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM LOCAL LAWYERS," HE SAID.
THAT ALREADY
THERE ARE