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SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1988

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10,000 ENQUIRIES ON FREE LEGAL ADVICE

PEOPLE WHO ENQUIRED ABOUT

FIRST

THE FREE

OF QUARTER

THE YEAR, 941 RECEIVED FREE CONSULTATION, THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES

OUT OF THE SOME 10,000

THE SCHEME. DURING LEGAL ADVICE

AND SUBSEQUENTLY REQUESTED ASSISTANCE

SPOKESMAN FOR ACCORDING TO A ADMINISTRATION.

COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1987, DURING WHICH

WITH DUTY LAWYERS UNDER 909 PEOPLE RECEIVED FREE CONSULTATION

THE

SCHEME, THE

REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 3.5 PER CENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

FIGURE

MATTERS,

COMMERCIAL MOST OF THESE CASES INVOLVED MONETARY AND

MATTERS,

COMPENSATION CLAIMS, CRIMINAL AND TENANCY

MATRIMONIAL MATTERS.

SCHEME, IMPLEMENTED

IN

WHO WISHED

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE NOVEMBER 1978, WAS DESIGNED TO HELP MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SEEK ADVICE ON CIVIL LEGAL MATTERS BUT COULD NOT AFFORD TO A LAWYER.

CONSULT

THE CITY

AND SOCIETY

AND FUNDED

NEW BY

THE SCHEME WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY

ADMINISTRATION AND THE LAW

TERRITORIES GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION, HE SAID.

THE PUBLIC IN NEED OF FREE SCHEME COULD APPROACH

HE POINTED OUT THAT MEMBERS OF CONSULTATION WITH VOLUNTARY LAWYERS UNDER THE ANY OF THE 67 PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES OF THE 19 DISTRICT

AS THE OFFICES AND THEIR SUB-OFFICES AS WELL

CNTA HEADQUARTERS IN

TSIM SHA TSUI.

ΤΟ

CE

THEIR IDENTITY

THE CENTRES

MADE

"APPLICANTS WILL FIRST BE INTERVIEWED BY STAFF OF

NEEDS. ARRANGEMENTS WILL THEN BE

FOR SEE THE DUTY LAWYERS ATTENDING THE EIGHT EVENING WONG TAI BUREAUS IN DISTRICT OFFICES AT WAN CHAI, EASTERN, MONG KOK, SIN, YAU TSIM, KWUN TONG, TSUEN WAN AND SHA TIN.

APPLICANTS TO

BE

ARRANGED WITHIN 10 DAYS AT

THE SPOKESMAN SAID,

"AN APPOINTMENT CAN USUALLY AN EVENING BUREAU OF THE APPLICANT'S CHOICE,

THE

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE SECTION AT CNTA HEADQUARTERS ON THE 13TH FLOOR, WORLD SHIPPING CENTRE, 7 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON (TEL. 3-692255).

HARBOUR

TSIM CITY,

SHA

TSUI,

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