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THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1990

UP

CENTRE,

THE PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL ROLL IS OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION TO JULY 2 AT THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE AT HARBOUR

ADMINISTRATION'S WAN CHAI AND

AND NEW TERRITORIES AT THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN, YAU TSIM, KWUN TONG, SHA AND TSUEN WAN.

ELIGIBLE

PERSONS

MAY ALSO SEND

TIN

FOR

JULY

2

IN APPLICATIONS REGISTRATION ON SPECIFIED FORMS DURING THE SAME PERIOD ENDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE FINAL REGISTER TO BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY AUGUST.

GOVT TO PRINT LAWS IN LOOSE-LEAF FORM

* * * *

THE GOVERNMENT

LOOSE-LEAF FORM BY THE

WILL

BILINGUAL

LAWS

TO REPLACE

THE

IN PRESENT

BEGIN PUBLISHING END OF NEXT YEAR

EDITION OF LAWS OF HONG KONG.

MAKING GOOD PROGRESS

IN THE MEANTIME THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS IN THE PROGRAMME TO STORE THE ENTIRE CHINESE AND ENGLISH TEXTS OF THE LAWS INTO A COMPUTER DATABASE IN ORDER TO SPEED UP THE FUTURE.

RESEARCH WORK IN

KONG

THE LAWS OF HONG

BECOMES A NEW FORMAT FOR PUBLISHING

THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME NECESSARY FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

THE LOOSE TO ENACT LAWS IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH FROM APRIL 1989.

PAGE, PROVIDING EASY LEAVES WILL ACCOMMODATE BOTH TEXTS ON THE SAME REFERENCE FOR USERS.

BE UPDATED MORE

QUICKLY

AS

LAWS IN THE NEW FORMAT CAN ALSO REPLACEMENT PAGES CAN BE INSERTED CONVENIENTLY,

TOGETHER

WITH A

BOOKLETS

ARE PUBLISHED BOTH IN THE AT PRESENT THE LAWS OF HONG KONG GAZETTE AND IN A CONSOLIDATED EDITION. EACH YEAR AROUND JULY

LEGISLATION OF NEW AND CONSOLIDATED UNCONSOLIDATED MINOR AMENDMENTS ARE PUBLISHED, BRINGING TO DATE AS ON DECEMBER 31 OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

VOLUME OF THE LAWS UP

GOVERNMENT WHICH

TO HELP USERS RECORD CHANGES SINCE DECEMBER 31, THE

CALLED NOTER-UP ISSUES, PUBLISHES REGULARLY AMENDMENT SLIPS, ARE DESIGNED TO BE CUT UP AND PASTED INTO THE BOOKLETS.

LABOUR-INTENSIVE, MAKING THE CUT AND PASTE NOTER-UP SYSTEM IS IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE LAWS OF HONG KONG FULLY UP TO DATE.

THE WHOLE

EDITION

WOULD

THE FIRST VOLUMES OF THE LOOSE-LEAF EDITION ARE EXPECTED TO

BEFORE

END OF 1991. PUBLISHED

THE PUBLISHED OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.

BE

BE

/DURING THIS