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TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1994
THE JUDICIAL STUDIES BOARD SHOULD FROM TIME TO TIME ORGANISE LECTURES AND SEMINARS FOR JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES ON HEALTH AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE.
MR JUSTICE
WONG REQUIRED
RECOMMENDATIONS
THE IMPLEMENTATION
MENTAL
OF
THE
THE
SUCH
LAW
THAT STRESSED
THE CLOSEST CO-OPERATION BETWEEN JUDICIARY, THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS, THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT, ALL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
GIVING
OTHER AND MORE "THE WORKING PARTY WILL CONTINUE TO EXAMINE
AS SUCH PROPOSALS
BY EVIDENCE
A COMPLICATED
MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSON BY MEANS OF TELEVISION LINK, VIDEOTAPED RECORDINGS, DEPOSITIONS AND
MEANS. OTHER
WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE
THE NEXT FEW DELIBERATIONS AND HAVE OUR FINAL REPORT READY WITHIN MONTHS, HE SAID.
"
OUR
THE WORKING PARTY WAS APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, LIANG YANG, IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
SIR ΤΙ
FOR
ANTHONY
CHAN,
OF PUBLIC REHABILITATION;
(YOUTH
MR
AND
BAR
SOCIETY;
PRACTICE;
AND MR
FRED
IT COMPRISED SEVEN MEMBERS: MR JOHN WOOD, DIRECTOR PROSECUTIONS; MR ALLAN CHOW, COMMISSIONER
DIRECTOR
WELFARE OF SOCIAL ASSISTANT REHABILITATION); MR MICHAEL LUNN, A BARRISTER RECOMMENDED BY THE ASSOCIATION; MR T C FOO, A SOLICITOR RECOMMENDED BY THE LAW DR
CHAN, SYLVIA
A PSYCHIATRIST IN PRIVATE LI WAH-MING, A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
WHICH
THE WORKING PARTY IS TASKED TO EXAMINE WAYS AND MEANS BY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE GIVING EVIDENCE IN COURT MAY BE HELPED ORDER TO MINIMISE ANY TRAUMA THEY MAY SUFFER THEREBY.
IN
WHO
THE INTERIM REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE,
IN THE MEANTIME, THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAS ACCEPTED ITS RECOMMENDATIONS. IS
SEEKING THE VIEWS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TO SEE HOW BEST THE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED.
GOVERNMENT
MEMBERS
THE CHIEF JUSTICE PAID TRIBUTE TO MR JUSTICE WONG AND
UP THE OF THE WORKING PARTY FOR THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS IN DRAWING INTERIM REPORT ON AN ISSUE WHICH IS OF CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC CONCERN.
CHLORINE STORAGE MADE SAFER
* *
THE CHLORINATION HOUSE IN TSUEN WAN WATER TREATMENT WORKS HAS BEEN MODIFIED WITH MODERN DESIGN TO ENHANCE SAFETY OF CHLORINE STORAGE.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
THIS WAS INDICATED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE OF WATER SUPPLIES (SUPPLIES AND DISTRIBUTION), MR WATT CHI-NGONG, DURING A PRESS VISIT TO THE INSTALLATION.
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