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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1994
EVIDENCE ON TIN TIN DAILY NEWS CASE ADMISSIBLE,
SUBSTANTIAL AND RELIABLE
IT
AND
THE
DAILY
ON THE MATERIAL THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, WAS CONSIDERED THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT ADMISSIBLE, SUBSTANTIAL RELIABLE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CHARGES IN A CASE IN WHICH DEFENDANTS WERE CHARGED FOR CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD TIN TIN NEWS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED, ITS SHAREHOLDERS AND CREDITORS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHIM PUI-CHUNG, MR MATHEWS SAID FOLLOWING A POLICE INVESTIGATION, A DECISION TO PROSECUTE WAS MADE WITHIN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES SET OUT IN THE BOOKLET "PROSECUTION POLICY: GUIDANCE FOR CROWN COUNSEL" PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
HE
FOLLOWING MB.
SAID: "THE CHARGES WERE LAID BY A DEPUTY CROWN PROSECUTOR, CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS
AND
"THE FACT THAT THE CASE RESULTED IN ACQUITTALS DOES NOT MEAN THAT MISTAKES WERE MADE EITHER IN THE DECISION TO PROSECUTE OR IN THE CONDUCT OF THE PROSECUTION,"
SENIOR
MR MATHEWS SAID THE PROSECUTION OF THIS CASE WAS CONDUCTED BY A
AND EXPERIENCED COUNSEL WHO WAS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL.
"I SEE NO REASON TO CARRY OUT A REVIEW OF THE CASE."
HE SAID THE COST OF THE PROSECUTION, IN TERMS OF THE STAFF COST OF PROSECUTING COUNSEL DURING THE TRIAL, WAS ABOUT $565,000.
THE DEFENCE COSTS, WHICH THE CROWN WAS ORDERED TO PAY, HAD NOT YET BEEN AGREED, MR MATHEWS NOTED.
OVERSEAS DEGREES ARE ASSESSED INDIVIDUALLY
FROM
FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPOINTMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE POSTS THAT REQUIRE A LOCAL DEGREE FOR ENTRY, THE GOVERNMENT ·ACCEPTS DEGREES OVERSEAS TERTIARY INSTITUTES IF THEIR STANDARD IS COMPARABLE TO AWARDED BY LOCAL INSTITUTES.
THAT
HOWEVER, ASSESSMENT ARE MADE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS HAVING REGARD TO THE STANDING OF THE INSTITUTE, THE CONTENT OF THE DEGREE PROGRAMME, AS WELL AS ADVICE OF THE ACCREDITATION AUTHORITY IN THR COUNTRY OF THE INSTITUTE IN QUESTION.
MR
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MICHARL SZE,
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON FREDERICK FUNG KIN-KEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
/MR SZE