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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1988

WERE

"THESE FIGURES REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 PER CENT OF THE

SOME 15 то 20 NURSES TOTAL ESTABLISHMENT DURING THE PERIOD. TRAINED OVERSEAS EACH YEAR,

HE SAID.

TURNING TO THE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST GRADE, MR CHAU AS AT APRIL 1, THE ESTABLISHED STRENGTH OF THE GRADE WAS WHICH 24 POSTS REMAINED UNFILLED.

LEFT THE

NOTED THAT 222 AGAINST

GRADE,

THE GREATEST

"SINCE 1983, 15 OFFICERS HAVE NUMBER BEING RECORDED IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.

"AS AT OCTOBER 1, SIX OFFICERS HAD LEFT THE GRADE, COMPARED AN AVERAGE OF TWO PER YEAR FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS.

THIS IN RATES

"THE ANNUAL WASTAGE RELATIVELY LOW AT AROUND 1 TO 2 PER CENT PER ANNUM,

TO

GRADE HAVE

HE SAID.

REMAINED

A CHAU SAID, DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS,

AND 51 LOCAL

COURSES TRAINING OFFICERS UNDERTOOK

PER CENT OVERSEAS, REPRESENTING, ON AVERAGE, SOME 28 CENT OF THE GRADE RESPECTIVELY.

MR

TOTAL OF 322 WERE TRAINED PER AND

FIVE

IT HAD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO POINTING OUT THAT

CHOW IN

TIE

ΤΙΜΕ

COMPILE AVAILABLE,

ALL THE

MR

CHAU

INFORMATION REQUESTED BY MR SAID HE WOULD PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION IN WRITING ON THE CATEGORIES OF HEALTH STAFF.

REMAINING

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STUDY ON TRANSLATING COURT DOCUMENTS

*

OF

THE FEASIBILITY THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONSIDER COURT DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED IN CHINESE UPON COMPLETION OF A SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, THE TSAO, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TRANSLATING

STUDY, THE HON PETER

HON TAM YIU-CHUNG,

CHIEF JUSTICE IN THE COURTS

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE MR TSAO SAID THAT A WORKING PARTY SET UP BY THE FORMER HAD RECOMMENDED THAT MORE USE OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED.

THE OF

WORKING

"A SUB-COMMITTEE DETAILED STUDY ON THE RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE SAID.

PARTY

WILL CARRY RECOMMENDATION,

OUT

A

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1

AND END UP

WITH

"THE STUDY WILL BEGIN WITH THE LOWER COURTS THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL.

"IT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN A FEW MONTHS' TIME.'

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