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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1986

ON PROGRESS MADE IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION, MR CHEN SAID THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AT SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN HAD STARTED AND THE PLANNING WORK FOR ANOTHER ONE AT CHAI WAN WAS COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR.

+ THE SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN INSTITUTES ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1986 AND THE CHAI WAN INSTITUTE IN 1987, + HE SAID.

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POPULATION BY-CENSUSES TO BE CONDUCTED

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TWO POPULATION BY-CENSUSES WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, HON SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

INTRODUCING THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS (1986 POPULATION CENSUS) (MARINE) ORDER 1986 AND CENSUS AND STATISTIČS (1986 POPULATION CENSUS) (LAND) ORDER 1986, SIR JOHN SAID ON OCTOBER 25, 1983, GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL ORDERED THAT A POPULATION BY-CENSUS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED THIS YEAR.

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THERE WOULD IN FACT BE TWO BY-CENSUSES, NAMELY, A BY-CENSUS (MARINE) TO BE CARRIED OUT FROM FEBRUARY 4 TO 8, 1986, AND A BY- CENSUS (LAND) TO BE CARRIED OUT FROM MARCH 7 TO 16, 1986, HE SAID.

SIR JOHN SAID THAT UNLIKE A FULL CENSUS, A BY-CENSUS INVOLVE_ ONLY A SAMPLE OF THE POPULATION.

+ON THIS OCCASION, ABOUT 210 000 HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE COVERED, OF WHICH ABOUT 1 000 WILL BE MARINE, HE SAID.

JURY OF NINE APPROVED

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THE JURY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986 WHICH PROVIDES FOR A JURY OF NINE TO BE EMPANELLED IN APPROPRIATE CASES WAS TAKEN THROUGH ALL ITS STAGES AT ONE SITTING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

MOVING THE READINGS, THE ATTO EY GENERAL, THE HON MICHAEL THOMAS SAID AT PRESENT THE JURY ORDINANCE PROVIDED FOR A JUFY OF SEVEN IN BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES.

HOWEVER, DURING THE COURSE OF A TRIAL, UP TO TWO JURORS MIGHT BE DISCHARGED WHERE, I. THE INTE-ESTS OF JUSTICE OR OF THE JURÜK, IT APPEARED TO THE COURT TO BE EXPEDIENT TO DO SO WITHOUT BRINGING THE TRIAL TO AN END.

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