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MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1990

GOVERNOR BRIEFED ON LAW PROGRAMMES

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A NEWLY INSTALLED COMPUTER SYSTEM IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SPEED UP THE PACE OF WORK ON BILINGUAL DRAFTING AND THE PROGRAMME TO LOCALISE LAWS.

DURING A VISIT TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WAS BRIEFED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, ON THE PROGRESS OF THE TRANSLATION OF THE 20,000 PAGES OF HONG KONG LAWS INTO CHINESE.

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"THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MAJOR TASKS FOR LAW DRAFTSMEN THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD," SIR DAVID SAID. "CLEARLY IT IS A TASK WHICH REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH.

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THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT AN ESTIMATED 300 UNITED KINGDOM ENACTMENTS NOW APPLICABLE TO HONG KONG WOULD HAVE TO BE EXAMINED AND MANY OF THEM ENACTED AS DOMESTIC HONG KONG LAW BEFORE 1997; THE CREATION OF A COMPUTER DATABASE CONSISTING OF ALL THE LAWS OF HONG KONG WOULD GREATLY ASSIST IN THIS PROCESS.

THE NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM WOULD ALSO HELP ΤΟ SPEED UP ALL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE WORK AS RESEARCH INTO STATUTE LAW COULD THEN BE CONDUCTED MUCH MORE QUICKLY.

THE GOVERNOR THEN TOURED THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDING LAW DRAFTING, PROSECUTIONS, CIVIL, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND LEGAL POLICY AND WAS BRIEFED ON THEIR WORK.

BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID WATCHED A MOCK COURT TRIAL TO HELP IN THE TRAINING OF COURT PROSECUTORS, ASSISTANT CROWN COUNSEL AND ARTICLED CLERKS.

EXCHANGE FUND'S SALE OF SHARES IN HK TELECOM

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THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR DAVID NENDICK, ANNOUNCED THAT THE SALE OF THE EXCHANGE FUND'S 377,544,752 SHARES IN HONG KONG TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED ("HK TELECOM"} ΤΟ A WHOLLY-OWNED

SUBSIDIARY OF CABLE AND WIRELESS PLC HAS BEEN COMPLETED TODAY (MONDAY).

THE EXCHANGE FUND'S REMAINING SHAREHOLDING IN HK TELECOM FOLLOWING THIS SALE IS REDUCED TO 377,544,752 SHARES REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 3.4 PER CENT OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL IN HK TELECOM.

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