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Rule 2 of the Magistrates (Administrative) Rules requires each magistracy to keep a Case Register which contains the particulars of every proceeding or matter put before a magistrate in the form of a book. As the Judiciary has introduced the computerised court recording at the magistracies level, Rule 2 should be amended to enable a case register to be kept in computerised form instead.
The Chief Justice has made the Magistrates (Administrative) Rules 1995. In accordance with section 133 of the Magistrates Ordinance, the Rules now require the approval of this Council by resolution.
Mr President, I beg to move.
End/Wednesday, July 19, 1995
Post Office Trading Fund Resolution
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Economic Service, Mr Gordon Siu, in moving the Post Office Trading Fund Resolution in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Mr President,
I move the motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Section 3(1) of the Trading Funds Ordinance provides that the Legislative Council may, on the recommendation of the Financial Secretary, by resolution establish a trading fund. My motion seeks to establish the Post Office Trading Fund with effect from 1 August, 1995.
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The Hong Kong Post Office was first established over 150 years ago, since then its services have grown with Hong Kong and the Post Office plays an important role in the business and community life of the territory. Despite the advent of the fax machine and new telecommunication technologies, postal traffic in Hong Kong has not only not diminished but in fact it has been growing at around 6% per annum.
During in the past ten years, the volume of mail traffic handled by the Post Office has doubled, from 575 million items in 1985/86 to 1,147 million items in 1994/95. The staff establishment of the Post Office, on the other hand, has increased' during this period by only: 23 per cent. This significant gap has been filled by continued productivity improvements, through investment in automation and through mechanisation.