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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1989

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BUT MR JUSTICE HOOPER SAID THAT IF THE SUSPECT HAD NO EVIDENCE OF HIS NAME AND ADDRESS OTHER THAN HIS IDENTITY CARD, THE PUBLIC OFFICER WOULD BE ENTITLED TO DEMAND THAT THE SUSPECT PRODUCE IT, MR

CHAU NOTED.

"THE

ANSWER IS THEREFORE NOT ENTIRELY STRAIGHT-FORWARD BUT THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS SATISFIED THAT THESE VARIOUS PROVISIONS, WHEN READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE JUDGEMENT OF MR JUSTICE HOOPER IN RELATION TO SECTION 23 OF CHAPTER 132, GIVES ITS OFFICERS SUFFICIENT POWERS TO ENFORCE THE LEGISLATION,

MR CHAU SAID.

HE ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD ISSUED FULL GUIDELINES TO ITS STAFF TO ENABLE THEM TO ENFORCE THE LEGISLATION SATISFACTORILY.

UNPAID MEMBERS OF ADVISORY BODIES NOT DISCOURAGED

FROM COMMUNITY WORK

COMMUNITY

OF ADVISORY

WORK, THE

BODIES SECRETARY TSAO,

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT UNPAID MEMBERS WERE DISCOURAGED FROM PARTICIPATING IN

AND INFORMATION, THE HON PETER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES INFORMED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

JAMES MCGREGOR,

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON

WERE MR TSAO SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS SATISFIED THAT ALTHOUGH PAYMENTS

COMMITTEES, THERE WAS NOT MADE TO MEMBERS OF MANY OF THE BOARDS AND

TO PARTICIPATING NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS WAS A DISINCENTIVE IN COMMUNITY WORK THROUGH APPOINTMENT TO SUCH BODIES.

ON

THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT THE GOVERNMENT RELIED

OF THE PUBLIC WHO OF MEMBERS

SERVED NON-STATUTORY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, HE SAID.

ADVICE

HEAVILY ON THE STATUTORY AND

TO MEMBERS OF THE PAYMENT ARE

"WHETHER PAYMENT SHOULD BE MADE BOARD OR COMMITTEE AND THE LEVEL OF CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, MR TSAO EXPLAINED.

A

PARTICULAR DECIDED ON A

"THE

FACTORS FOR

DURATION OF MEETINGS, THE

CONSIDERATION INCLUDE

EXPERTISE PROFESSIONAL

L HE SAID.

THE

FREQUENCY

AND

REQUIRED AND THE

NATURE AND LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILTIES,

HOWEVER, MR TSAO ADDED THAT VARIOUS FORMS OF PAYMENTS,

REMUNERATION, HONORARIUM, FEE AND ALLOWANCE, WERE TO MEMBERS OF 42 BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

IN

SUCH AS

FACT AVAILABLE

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