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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1989

ALTHOUGH

EVENTUALLY ENACTED TEXTS OF THESE BILLS WERE EXAMINED

ENGLISH TEXTS.

CHINESE A9

IN ENGLISH ONLY, THE BY OMELCO IN THE SAME WAY

MR O'GRADY SAID MUCH OF VALUE HAD BEEN LEARNED FROM THE Helpful COMMENTS MADE BY MEMBERS OF OMELCO AND BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

1988, THE STANDING

IN DECEMBER

ORDERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE BILLS. THIS COUNCIL WERE AMENDED TO ENABLE LEGCO TO DEBATE BILINGUAL SET THE STAGE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF BILINGUAL LEGISLATION TO LECCO.

PARALLEL WITH THE PRODUCTION OF BILINGUAL

OF TEXTS TASK OF PRODUCING AUTHENTIC CHINESE LEGISLATION.

HONG

LEGISLATION IS THE KONG '9 EXISTING

WORK ON THIS ASPECT OF THE BILINGUAL LEGISLATION PROGRAMME ALREADY STARTED.

WERE

HAS

THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4B AND 4C OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ORDINANCE RELATING TO

LAWS EXISTING

FORCE IN BROUGHT INTO OCTOBER LAST YEAR TO ENABLE

BILINGUAL LAWS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (BLAC) TO BE CONSTITUTED UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF DR DANIEL TSE.

THE

EXAMINING THE PRESENTLY

TEXT CHINESE IS THE BLAC INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE (CAP 1),

OF THE

EXISTING THE BLAC WILL BE SCRUTINIZING CHINESE TRANSLATIONS OF

OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT LAWS PRODUCED BY THE LAW DRAFTING DIVISION

ARE PRESENTED FIRST BEFORE THEY

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR TO THE APPROVAL AND THEN TO THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL FOR PROMULGATION.

YBARS THE TASK OF TRANSLATING ALL EXISTING LAWS WILL TAKE SOME

IS 1994, MR O'GRADY TO COMPLETE BUT THE TARGET DATE FOR COMPLETION SAID.

ASSISTED

O'GRADY SAID THERE ARE NOW

ON TRANSLATION OFFICERS

THE BY A TEAM OF

ON THE QUESTION OF STAFFING, MR

AND SEVEN BILINGUAL LAWYERS

19 LAW PROJECT. THEY BILINGUAL LEGISLATION CALLIGRAPHISTS, LAW CLERKS, CLERICAL OFFICERS AND OTHERS.

ARE

HOUSING SOCIETY TO PROVIDE MORE FLATS TO

ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS: GOVERNOR

THE HONG KONG HOUSING

WILL SOCIETY

HOUSEHOLDS

BUILD

OF $5.8 BILLION,

THE

A FURTHER OVER GOVERNOR,

15,000

THE NEXT FIVE

SIR DAVID

FLATS FOR RENT AND SALE TO ELIGIBLE YEARS, AT A TOTAL COST WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING

OF THE CLAGUR GARDEN ESTATE IN

SIR DOUGLAS CLAGUB,

SIGNIFICANT

TSUEN WAN BAY NAMED AFTER THE FOUNDING CHAIRMAN SIR DAVID

TO THE TRIBUTE CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC HOUSING IN HONG KONG.

PAID

SOCIETY

FOR

ITS

THE HONG