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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1985

SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE PRESENT MOTION AROSE FROM A RECOMMENDATION BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE IN ITS REPORT TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON AUGUST 7.

THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT A SELECT COMMITTEE BE APPOINTED IN THE NEW SESSION TO CONSIDER FURTHER THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE PROSECUTION AND TRIAL OF COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES.

+ IT SAID THAT A STUDY OF THE FRAUD TRIALS (ROSKILL) COMMITTEE REPORT WHEN IT IS PUBLISHED IN THE UK WILL BE HELPFUL, BUT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS BY THAT COMMITTEE WILL NEED TO BE EXAMINED IN THE CONTEXT OF HONG KONG, MISS DUNN ADDED.

ON THE PREVIOUS SELECT COMMITTEE, SHE SAID SHE BELIEVED THAT ALTHOUGH THE COMMITTEE REACHED NO FINAL CONCLUSION, ITS

PRELIMINARY ENQUIRIES WERE BOTH ENCOURAGING AND PRODUCTIVE AND WOULD SERVE AS A USEFUL STARTING POINT FOR THE NEW SELECT COMMITTEE.

SPEAK ING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION, THE CHIEF SECRETARY,

THE HON SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO ASSURE MISS DUNN AND HER COLLEAGUES OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO DO ALL IT CAN TO ASSIST THE SELECT COMMITTEE IN ITS DELIBERATIONS+.

SIR DAVID SAID THE SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED IN THE LAST SESSION UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF MR PETER WONG HAD ALREADY DONE MUCH VALUABLE WORK IN IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED

IN THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES.

+ I AM SURE THAT THE NEW COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE THIS EXCELLENT WORK, HE ADDED.

SIR DAVID ALSO THANKED MR WONG AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED ON MAY 1 LAST YEAR FOR THEIR DEDICATED EFFORTS TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM.

HIGHER LEVELS OF COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES ****

A RESOLUTION AIMED AT RAISING THE PRESENT LEVELS OF COMPENSATION SPECIFIED UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE BY ABOUT 23.5 PER CENT FROM JANUARY NEXT YEAR WAS ADOPTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MOVING THE RESOLUTION UNDER SECTION 48A OF THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NEIL HENDERSON, SAID THE LEVELS OF COMPENSATION WERE,

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A 1978 WORKING PARTY WHICH REVIEWED THE THEN WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, REVISED EVERY TWO YEARS.

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