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SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1990
FREE LEGAL ADVICE SCHEME POPULAR
WITH
THE FREE LEGAL ADVICE SCHEME HAS BECOME MORE POPULAR 1,213 PEOPLE GIVEN FREE CONSULTATION IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES WERE RELATED TO MATRIMONIAL, MONETARY, COMMERCIAL AND RENTAL MATTERS,
DURING THE SAME PERIOD, ABOUT 11,700 PEOPLE APPROACHED THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TO ENQUIRE ABOUT THE SCHEME.
THAT THE NUMBER
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CNTA SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) OF FREE CONSULTATION CASES REPRESENTED A 37 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE 885 CASES IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
THE FREE LEGAL ADVICE SCHEME, BEING JOINTLY OPERATED BY THE CNTA AND THE LAW SOCIETY WITH GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION SINCE NOVEMBER 1978, BENEFITS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO CONSULT SOLICITORS OR BARRISTERS.
ANY OF
"ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE USE OF THE SCHEME MAY APPROACH THE CNTA'S 69 PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES LOCATED CONVENIENTLY THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
"APPLICANTS WILL FIRST BE INTERVIEWED BY CNTA STAFF ΤΟ ASCERTAIN THEIR NEEDS. ARRANGEMENTS WILL THEN BE MADE FOR THEM TO SEE THE DUTY LAWYERS ATTENDING THE EIGHT EVENING BUREAUS AT DISTRICT OFFICES IN WAN CHAI, EASTERN, YAU TSIM, MONG KOK, WONG TAI SIN, KWUN TONG, TSUEN WAN AND SHA TIN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
AN APPOINTMENT CAN USUALLY BE ARRANGED WITHIN 10 DAYS AT AN EVENING BUREAU OF THE APPLICANT'S CHOICE, HE ADDED.
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHEME CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE SECTION AT CNTA HEADQUARTERS, 29TH FLOOR, SOUTHORN CENTRE, 130 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI.
THE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR ENQUIRIES IS 835 1501.
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