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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980

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THE SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS NOW PROVIDE WATER SUPPLY TO HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TOWNS OF SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN AND PART OF EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

AN ADDITIONAL PUMPING STATION AND ASSOCIATED PUMPING MAIN WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED AT LOWER SHING MUN TO IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY TO TSUEN WAN.

ABOLITION OF ENROLLED STUDENT STATUS IN SOLICITOR TRAINING

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THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) BILL 1980, PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY, PROPOSES CHANGES IN THE METHODS BY WHICH STUDENTS TRAIN TO BECOME SOLICITORS IN HONG KONG.

AT PRESENT ANYONE WISHING TO ENTER THE LEGAL PROFESSION AS A SOLICITOR MUST FIRST BECOME AN ENROLLED STUDENT IN ORDER TO TAKE AND PASS EXAMINATIONS OF THE ENGLISH LAW SOCIETY AND SERVE A PERIOD OF ARTICLES.

UNDER RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED IN 1979 ONLY LAW GRADUATES, HOLDERS OF THE POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN LAWS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THOSE WHO HAD COMPLETED PART ONE OF THE OLD OR NEW EXAMINATIONS OF THE ENGLISH LAW SOCIETY ARE PERMITTED TO BECOME ENROLLED STUDENTS.

THESE RESTRICTIONS WERE IMPOSED IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE ENGLISH LAW SOCIETY'S PHASING OUT OF THE EXISTING QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS FOR HONG KONG ENROLLED STUDENTS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THE BILL PROPOSES TO REMOVE THE PRESENT REQUIREMENT OF ENROLMENT ENTIRELY, SO THAT IN FUTURE PERSONS WISHING TO BECOME SOLICITORS WILL COMPLETE ALL EXAMINATIONS PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO ARTICLES OF CLERKSHIP.

LITTLE CHANGE IN CONSUMER PRICE MOVEMENTS

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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR LAST MONTH (OCTOBER) WERE BOTH 165. COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER CPI (A) REMAINED STABLE AND CPI (B) INCREASED BY ONE POINT, OR 0.6 PER CENT.

COMPARED WITH OCTOBER LAST YEAR, BOTH INDICES INCREASED BY 19 POINTS, OR 13.0 PER CENT.

CPI (A) IS BASED ON WEIGHTS DERIVED FROM THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $400 AND $1 499 A MONTH AND CP! (B) FROM THOSE SPENDING BETWEEN $1 500 AND $2 999 A MONTH, AS DETERMINED FROM THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY OF 1973/74.

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