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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1989

ON OCTOBER 24, MR CHAN WILL SPEAK TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN BRUSSELS,

THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF

HE WILL GIVE TWO FURTHER SPEECHES ON OCTOBER 26 TO THE HAMBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HAMBURG AND THE KIEL INSTITUTE OF WORLD ECONOMICS IN KIEL.

MR CHAN WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON NOVEMBER 1.

JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) BILL GAZETTED

A BILL, WHICH SEEKS TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES TO THE COMPOSITION, QUORUM AND VOTING REQUIREMENTS FOR A RESOLUTION OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION, WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989 ALSO PROPOSES A CONSULTATION MECHANISM WITH THE LAW SOCIETY AND BAR ASSOCIATION FOR THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE LEGAL PROFESSION TO THE COMMISSION,

UNDER THE PROPOSALS, MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION WILL BE AS

FOLLOWS:

THREE MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY (INCLUDING THE CHIEF JUSTICE AS CHAIRMAN];

THREE MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION (THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, ONE BARRISTER AND ONE SOLICITOR); AND

THREE LAY MEMBERS.

"COMPARED WITH THE EXISTING COMPOSITION, THE PROPOSAL REMOVES THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND REPLACES IT BY ANOTHER LAY MEMBER, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

"HOWEVER. IT IS FELT THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION BOTH AS THE SENIOR LEGAL ADVISER TO THE GOVERNOR AND AS THE HEAD OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

SAID.

"TOTAL MEMBERSHIP WILL BE INCREASED FROM FIVE TO NINE, HE

THE SPOKEMAN SAID ANOTHER PROPOSAL WAS TO REVISE FROM THREE SIX THE QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION.

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"IT IS ALSO PROPOSED THAT A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSION, WHETHER AT A MEETING OR BY CIRCULATION OF PAPERS, IS ΤΟ BE MADE BY AT LEAST FOUR, FIVE, SIX OR SEVEN MEMBERS VOTING FOR IT IF THERE ARE RESPECTIVELY SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT OR NINE MEMBERS VOTING.

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