WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993
CRIMINAL, COURT USERS COMMITTEE MEETS
THE CRIMINAL COURT USERS COMMITTEE
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BY
ONE OF
THE
THREE COURT
LIANG SIR TI PROMPTLY TO MEETING
REACTING
USERS COMMITTEES RECENTLY LAUNCHED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE,
EFFICENCY YANG,
JUDICIAL TO PROMOTE SUGGESTIONS FROM THOSE WHO USE THE COURTS EARLY THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING.
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FIRST HELD ITS
SPEAKING AFTER THE MEETING, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JUSTICE POWER, WHO IS A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COURT
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MEMBERS HAD
PRELIMINARY USEFUL OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMITTEE.
DISCUSSION
ON
COMMITTEE, MR
OF APPEAL. SAID THE LONG-TERM
"OUR TASK IS TO IDENTIFY ISSUES IN WHICH THE JUDICIARY CAN, BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT, BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC.
BY
ATTENTION ARE
HE SAID.
"THE TWO ISSUES TO WHICH WE WILL GIVE IMMEDIATE DELAY BEFORE HEARING AND MORE EFFICIENT USE OF JUDGES' TIME,'
COMMITTEE OF THE
JUDGE COMPRISE
MEMBERS DISTRICT COURT; MISS BETTY KWAN KA-CHING, A PRINCIPAL GRENVILLE CROSS, QC, DEPUTY CROWN PROSECUTOR; MRS
OF THE BAR
LEGAL
AID; MR ASSOCIATION;
H
LONGLEY OF THE MAGISTRATE; MR
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A
DOROTHY PRITCHARD, WONG,
BARRISTER SOLICITOR FUNG,
OF
CHING Y ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
MR LOUIS RECOMMENDED BY
GRACE
ADMINISTRATOR WONG, BY THE LAW SOCIETY; MISS RECOMMENDED THE DUTY LAWYER SERVICE; AND MR CHAU CHAM-SON, A LAY MEMBER.
THE OTHER TWO COURT USERS COMMITTEES ARE THE CIVIL COURT
COMMITTEE AND TRIBUNAL USERS COMMITTEE.
BOTH HAVE HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING RECENTLY,
USERS
LANGUAGE GROUPING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
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STUDENTS BEST OF WONG, SAID
LANGUAGE GROUPING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL ENCOURAGE LEARN THROUGH A LANGUAGE IN WHICH THEY CAN LEARN TO THE THEIR ABILITY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC S W TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THAT CHINESE
FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, THIS WOULD MEAN WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, MR WONG SAID, ADDING THAT SUBSIDIARY MEASURES WOULD CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN TO MAINTAIN THE OF ENGLISH IN THESE SCHOOLS.
HE
SAID THIS AT THE OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
1993
93) CONFERENCE
ORGANISED BY (ILEC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION, THE CURRICULUM STUDIES OF UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS.
LEVEL
LANGUAGE IN
THE
EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF THE HONG KONG
OF HONG KONG'S THE DEMAND FOR
SUPPLY
FROM
PATTERNS HE ALSO SAID BECAUSE OF CHANGING
TO SERVICE INDUSTRIES, FROM ECONOMY
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYEES WITH GOOD ENGLISH SKILLS NOW FAR EXCEEDED THE SCHOOLS.
/"SIMILARLY, THE