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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1988

SPOKESMAN

TODAY

A GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (MISCELLANEOUS

THAT

THE

AMENDMENTS) BILL 1988 WAS

(FRIDAY) EXPLAINED

AND $120,000

OF

MAINLY AIMED AT INCREASING THE LIMITS OF JURISDICTION OF THE COURT IN CIVIL MATTERS FROM $60,000 CLAIMS TRIBUNAL FROM $8,000 TO $15,000.

OF THE DISTRICT COURT ORDINANCE SO POSITION

ΤΟ

DISTRICT THE SMALL

SECTION 46 THE BILL IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM ALSO SEEKS TO REPEAL

AS ΤΟ RESTORE THE COMMON LAW

IN

ONE OF THE IN THE DISTRICT COURT

ACCORDANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT ON YOUNG PERSONS-EFFECTS OF AGE IN CIVIL LAW PUBLISHED BY THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION (LRC) IN 1986.

IN

THE

то

18

REPEAL OF SECTION HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THAT THE 46 SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION

FROM 21 REPORT REGARDING THE LOWERING OF THE AGE OF MAJORITY YEARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTRACTUAL LIABILITIES.

ΤΟ

BE

AMEND

WHERE

IT

RIGHT

LRC REPORT ARE LIKELY AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS, IT IS PREFERRABLE TO LEVEL, I.B. SECTION 46 SO AS TO HOLD ITS SCOPE AT THE PRESENT THE AMOUNT CLAIMED IS $60,000 OR LESS, INSTEAD OF REPEALING AWAY.

NOR

WOULD

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IF SECTION 46 WAS NEITHER REPEALED

IN THE DISTRICT AMENDED, ITS SCOPE WOULD INCREASE WITH THE INCREASE COURT'S JURISDICTION TO $120,000 AS EFFECTED BY THE BILL, WHICH BE A MOVE IN A DIRECTION CONTRARY TO THE REPORT'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

THIS

AMENDMENT IS

INTENDED AS AN

IS BROUGHT LEGISLATION COMMISSTION'S REPORT ON A SECTION 46.

ΤΟ

IMPLEMENT

UNTIL INTERIM MEASURE

FORWARD

LAW REFORM BROADER BASIS, INCLUDING THE REPEAL OF

THE

LEGISLATION ALONE INSUFFICIENT TO ENSURE SAFETY

PROGRAMMES ON INDUSTRIAL PROMOTE AMONG EMPLOYERS SAFETY-MINDEDNESS IN THE

THE GOVERNMENT'S ON-GOING PUBLICITY SAFETY IN RECENT YEARS HAVE NOT ONLY HELPED AND EMPLOYEES A SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION AND WORKPLACE BUT ALSO FOSTER A GENERAL SAFETY AWARENESS AMONG THE AT LARGE.

PUBLIC

THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE LABOUR

MH YEP YUK-LUN, DEPARTMENT,

WHEN ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF A DISCUSSION SESSION WITH SOME 50 INDUSTRIALISTS AND TRADE UNIONISTS THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE TODAY (FRIDAY).

AT

THE EVENT.

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