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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1993
LABOUR TRIBUNAL TO BE STRENGTHENED
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THE JUDICIARY PLANS TO PROVIDE TWO EXTRA COURTS IN THE TRIBUNAL IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR TO COPE WITH INCREASING AND TO CUT WAITING TIME.
PLAN
MEETING
THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE, MR GERARD MUTTRIE,
FIRST AT ITS USERS COMMITTEE AFTERNOON.
THE
LABOUR CASELOAD
TOLD THE TRIBUNAL THIS (WEDNESDAY)
AN
AND EIGHT
"SUBJECT TO FUNDS BEING APPROVED, THE PROPOSAL WILL LEAD TO INCREASE OF TWO PRESIDING OFFICERS, SIX TRIBUNAL OFFICERS OTHER SUPPORTING STAFF.
"THIS WILL BOOST THE STRENGTH OF THE LABOUR SEVEN NOW AS THERE ARE
28 SIGNIFICANT
PER CENT, TRIBUNAL, MR MUTTRIE SAID.
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TRIBUNAL BY A COURTS IN THE
OUT
LIANG A COURT LEADERS WOULD
MR MUTTRIE, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, ALSO POINTED
ΤΙ THAT AS PART OF THE INITIATIVES BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR YANG,
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE JUDICIARY, STRENGTHEN LEADERSHIP SCHEME WOULD BE INTRODUCED WHEREBY JUDICIAL BE APPOINTED AT EACH LEVEL OF THE COURT SYSTEM TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY.
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OFFICER POST "FOR THE LABOUR TRIBUNAL, A PRINCIPAL PRESIDING
SIMILARLY, A PRINCIPAL BE CREATED IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR. ADJUDICATOR POST WILL BE CREATED FOR THE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL.
WILL
"THIS SHOULD HELP IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY AS AS ACHIEVE BETTER CO-ORDINATION,
++ HE SAID.
WELL
AT THE MEETING, THE TRIBUNAL USERS COMMITTEE HAD A WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION ON ITS WORKING METHOD AND ITS LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES.
THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE COVERS THE LABOUR TRIBUNAL AND CLAIMS TRIBUNAL.
SMALL
OF THREE COURT USERS THE TRIBUNAL USERS COMMITTEE IS ONE
TO ADVISE ON LAUNCHED BY COMMITTEES
THE CHIEF JUSTICE LAST MONTH MATTERS OF CONCERN TO USERS OF THE COURTS.
THE OTHER TWO ARE THE CIVIL COURT USERS COMMITTEE AND COURT USERS COMMITTEE.
CRIMINAL
THE
TRIBUNAL COMMITTEE
LEE, A LABOUR
OF THE TRIBUNAL;
COMPRISES MR TIMOTHY TRIBUNAL PRESIDING OFFICER; MR HON TAM CHUN, AN ADJUDICATOR SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL; MR K K LAI, REGISTRAR OF THE LABOUR MR H M HASSAN, REGISTRAR OF THE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL; THREE LAY MEMBERS: MR YEUNG PO KWAN, MR FREDERICK YU SAK KWONG AND JEROME YEUNG YIU TIN.
AS WELL AS
MR
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