WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994
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HONORARIA FOR DEPUTY JUDGES TO BE ADJUSTED
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THE
SECRETARY,
IN
MR THE
IS A SPEECH BY THE ACTING CHIEF FOLLOWING MICHAEL LEUNG, IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
MR PRESIDENT,
(A)
THE CURRENT DAILY HONORARIA FOR DEPUTY HIGH COURT DEPUTY DISTRICT COURT JUDGES AND TEMPORARY MAGISTRATES ARE $4,600, $3,750 AND $2,500 RESPECTIVELY.
JUDGES,
(B)
THE RATES WERE LAST REVISED IN JUNE 1989.
(C)
THE
(D)
CASE
ΤΟ PUT
JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATOR ACCEPTS THAT THERE IS A FOR ADJUSTING THESE RATES, AND HOPES TO BE ABLE FORWARD PROPOSALS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
THE
TO
COMPENSATE
OF
ALTHOUGH DEPUTY JUDGES AND TEMPORARY MAGISTRATES FOR THEIR LOSS
EARNINGS,
INFLATION.
HONORARIA ARE NOT DESIGNED
EXISTING
THE
KEPT RATES HAVE NOT
PACE WITH SOME PRACTITIONERS, PARTICULARLY THE MORE JUNIOR ONES, HAVE CITED THIS AS A REASON FOR THEIR REFUSAL TO SERVE AS DEPUTY JUDGES AND TEMPORARY MAGISTRATES.
CORRUPTION COMPLAINTS
SECRETARY, MR MRS SELINA CHOW
THE FOLLOWING IS A SPEECH BY THE ACTING CHIEF MICHAEL LEUNG, IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION BY THE HON IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
MR PRESIDENT,
OF THE 3,284 THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR ACCOUNTED FOR 42 PER CENT
DURING COMPLAINTS OF ALLEGED CORRUPTION REPORTED TO THE ICAC IN 1993.
SECTOR COMPLAINTS. IN THAT YEAR, THE ICAC RECEIVED 1,365 GOVERNMENT 1990, THE FIGURE WAS 1,125, IN 1991 978 AND IN 1992 1,032. SO FAR THIS YEAR, 1,008 COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
834 FELL CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR THIS YEAR, 656 COMPLAINTS WERE SO
NOT ALL ALLEGATIONS WERE CAPABLE OF INVESTIGATION. INTO THE INVESTIGATED CATEGORY IN 1993. 1990 TO 1992 WERE 513, 577 AND 661. FAR CAPABLE OF INVESTIGATION.
/IN 1993,