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FOR

THOSE

LAWS

DURING THIS THREE-YEAR PHASE IN PERIOD,

NOT MAINTAINED WOULD BE LOOSE-LEAF FORM.

THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1990

THE NOTER-UP SERVICE

YET

BEEN PUBLISHED

IN

THE NEW LOOSE-LEAF FORMAT WILL YEARS.

HONG KONG IN IT IS ESTIMATED THAT REPLACEMENT OF THE LAWS OF

COST ABOUT $31 MILLION OVER THREE

MILLION WHICH WOULD THIS COMPARES WITH THE COST OF ABOUT $26

KONG IN HAVE BEEN NECESSARY IN ANY CASE TO REPRINT THE LAWS OF HONG

BULK OF THE BILINGUAL FORM IF THE PRESENT SYSTEM IS MAINTAINED. THE

COSTS WHICH WILL COST IS IN THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT PRINTER'S LABOUR BE ABSORBED.

ONCE THE ENTIRE SET

FUTURE OF LAWS HAS BEEN REPRINTED,

WITH THE NEW FORMAT. PRODUCTION COSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAR LOWER MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE LOOSE-LEAF EDITION WILL ALSO BE MUCH LOWER.

BE INTO THE

A BILL ENABLING THE PUBLICATION OF THE LOOSE-LEAF LAWS WILL GAZETTED TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AND IS EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON JUNE 27 THIS YEAR.

ON THE PROGRAMME TO STORE LAWS IN A COMPUTER DATABASE,

DEPARTMENT HAS SO FAR LEGAL OF THE DRAFTING DIVISION INPUTTING MORE THAN 300 OF THE 500-PLUS MAIN ORDINANCES.

THE LAW COMPLETED

COMPUTER BY THE INPUT CHINESE TEXTS

THE BALANCE OF THE ORDINANCES WILL BE ON THE END OF THIS YEAR. A START HAS ALSO BEEN MADE TO OF THE LAWS.

MORE YEARS

TO

WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO IT IS EXPECTED THAT IT COMPLETE INPUTTING ALL THE SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION INTO THE COMPUTER.

THE SYSTEM ENABLES COUNSEL TO EXTRACT REFERENCES FROM THE THROUGH THE COMPUTER'S QUICK SEARCH FACILITIES INSTEAD OF DO IT MANUALLY AS AT PRESENT.

LAWS HAVING TO

GOVERNOR VISITS CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

*

OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES EDUCATION IS AN IMPORTANT PART

THIS IS BORNE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO REHABILITATE YOUNG OFFENDERS:

IN PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS INMATES PARTICIPATING OUT BY THE FACT THAT HAVE ATTAINED REMARKABLE RESULTS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TOLD TODAY (THURSDAY).

SIR DAVID WAS

BRIEFED

ON

THE

DEPARTMENT'S

WAS

EDUCATIONAL AND ΤΟ PRISONERS DURING VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED VISITS TO THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND PIK UK PRISON.

/THE COMMISSIONER