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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1982

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ALL SUB-COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE SPECIALISTS, MR GRIFFITHS SAID. AT THE SAME TIME MR GRIFFITHS ANNOUNCED THE RECENT APPOINTMENT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE NINTH TOPIC, CONCERNING INSURANCE.

THE SUB-COMMITTEE WILL BE CHAIRED BY PROFESSOR PETER WILLOUGHBY OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, WITH MR JUSTICE BARKER AS VICE-CHAIRMAN.

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ARE: MISS OPHELIA CHEUNG OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, MR M.N. SOMERVILLE OF JARDINE INSURANCE UNDERWRITING, MR ANDREW HICKS OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW AT HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, MR GRAHAM CHENG OF TASHING PETROLEUM, MR BARRY WILCOX OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, MISS JACKIE ASHCROFT OF THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT, MR HENRY LETTON Q.C., MR YAO KANG OF SWIRE INSURANCE LTD, MR CLARENCE CHENG FROM JOHNSON STOKES AND MASTER, AND MR THOMAS T.C. CHAN FROM K.H. WONG AND CO.

THE OTHER EIGHT SUB-COMMITTEES ARE DEALING WITH: CONTEMPT OF COURT, POLICE CONFESSION, COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS HOMOSEXUÁLITY, ARBITRATION, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, CIVIL EVIDENCE AND CONTRIBUTION,

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MR GRIFFITHS SAID THE COMMISSION WAS SEEKING, AT THE END OF THE ROAD, WORKABLE SOLUTIONS AND PRACTICAL ANSWERS NOT THE ADOPTION OF ARCANE LEGAL THEORIES.

HE THANKED THE COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND ADDED: +1 AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS MARVELLOUS CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT BY ALL OF YOU HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO OBTAINING A FAIR AND SATISFACTORY FRAMEWORK OF LAWS TO GOVERN OUR SOCIETY IN HONG KONG, WHICH IS THE AIM OF OUR LAW REFORM COMMISSION.+

URBAN COUNCIL PUBLIC LIBRARIES GAIN WORLD PRESTIGE

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BARELY 20 YEARS AFTER THE URBAN COUNCIL PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE WAS LAUNCHED, IT HAS INCREASED BY 30 TIMES ITS NUMBERS OF REGISTERED BORROWERS AND BOOKS BORROWED.

IT HAS ALSO GAINED INTERNATIONAL PRESTIGE BY HAVING ITS MAIN LIBRARY AT THE CITY HALL DESIGNATED A UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARY IN RECOGNITION OF ITS ROLE AS A MAJOR METROPOLITAN LIBRARY.

BUT IT IS NOT RESTING ON ITS LAURELS. ITS FUTURE PLANS INCLUDE AMBITIOUS PROGRAMMES TO INTRODUCE NEW SERVICES AND EXPAND EXISTING FACILITIES.

MR ALEX NG, CHIEF LIBRARIAN, SAID THAT THE COUNCIL EXPECTS TO OPEN THE ARTS LIBRARY IN 1983/84 IN THE TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURAL COMPLEX.

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