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Sunday, October 8, 1972

Part-time simultaneous interpreters will be paid $350 for each

sitting when working in a team of three and $560 when working in a team of

two.

To accommodate them at Legislative Council, an interpretation

booth and an electronic interpretation sound system have already been

installed in the chambers.

Communication between the floor and the booth is possible, so that,

for example, the interpreter can signal to a councillor to speak slower, and

any councillor may follow the interpretation of a speech by listening through

pre-installed earphones.

Members of the public attending the meetings will be provided with

a miniature receiver. When they plug on the earphones they will be able to

listen to the interpretation without interfering with the proceedings around

them.