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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1985

+ IT WILL INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SORT OF INSTITUTION TO ENQUIRE, ON AN INDEPENDENT BASIS, INTO COMPLAINTS ALLEGING MALADMINISTRATION BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

+THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS WIDE PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON ANY POSSIBLE CHANGES, SO THAT THE VIEWS OF THE COMMUNITY, BOTH ON THE PRINCIPLES AND THE DETAILS OF ANY PROPOSALS, CAN BE FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

+ IF THERE IS GENERAL SUPPORT FOR CHANGE, DRAFT LEGISLATION SHOULD BE READY FOR SUBMISSION TO THIS COUNCIL BEFORE THE END OF THIS SESSION, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

SIR EDWARD SAID THE REVIEW OF THE EFFICACY OF EXISTING AVENUES OF REDRESS WAS CONDUCTED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AND BY THE GOVERNMENT IN VIEW OF THE NEW COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

HE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE UMELCO IN DEALING WITH COMPLAINTS BY THE PUBLIC AND POINTED OUT THAT THIS CRUCIAL FUNCTION WOULD CONTINUE, UNIMPAIRED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF ANY NEW INSTITUTION.

+THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE REPRESENTATIONS TO THEM OVER THE YEARS PROVIDES PROOF OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THEM.

+THAT FUNCTION IS CRUCIAL, IT WILL CONTINUE, UNIMPAIRED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF ANY NEW INSTITUTION.

+ IF SUCH AN INSTITUTION IS CREATED, IT IS LIKELY TO BE A SUPPLEMENT TO EXISTING CHANNELS FOR THE REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES, RATHER THAN A REPLACEMENT, SIR EDWARD EMPHASISED.

EARLIER, THE GOVERNOR GAVE A BRIEF RUN-DOWN ON THE VERY WIDE RANGE OF INSTITUTIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR THOSE WHO SEEK REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES, OR THOSE WHO WISH TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.

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FIRST BILINGUAL LAW FOR NEXT SESSION

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IT IS HOPED THAT THE FIRST PIECE OF NEW LEGISLATION IN BOTH LANGUAGES WILL BE PRODUCED IN THE 1986-87 SESSION, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

+ IT IS ALSO THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO MAKE A START, IN DUE COURSE, ON PRODUCING AN AUTHENTIC CHINESE VERSION OF THE EXISTING STATUTE LAW, HE ADDED,

THIS FOLLOWED