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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1990

THE BILL CONFERS JURISDICTION ON THE HONG KONG COURTS:

TO TRY OFFENCES COMMITTED ON HONG KONG SHIPS;

TO TRY OFFENCES COMMITTED BY BRITISH NATIONALS KONG SHIPS;

ON NON-HONG

ΤΟ DEAL WITH NON-HONG

WITH THE GOVERNOR'S CONSENT AND CERTIFICATE, CRIMES COMMITTED WITHIN THE WATERS OF HONG KONG ON KONG SHIPS; AND

TO TRY HOMICIDE WHEN THE PERSON CONCERNED DIES IN HONG FROM INJURIES INFLICTED OUTSIDE HONG KONG.

KONG

HONG KONG SHIPS, NOT NON-HONG KONG THE BILL ONLY CONCERNS

CONTINUE то HAVE CRIMINAL BRITISH SHIPS. THE HONG KONG COURTS WILL

KONG BRITISH ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION

CASES CONCERNING NON-HONG BY VIRTUE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ENACTMENTS. SHIPS UNTIL JUNE 30 1997,

IN

FROM

AFTER THOSE ENACTMENTS CEASE TO APPLY IN HONG KONG FROM JULY 1997, NON-HONG KONG BRITISH SHIPS WILL BE TREATED NO DIFFERENTLY ANY OTHER NON-HONG KONG SHIPS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

AT THE SIXTEENTH MEETING

OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON FORMALLY GROUP HELD IN LONDON LAST MONTH, THE TWO SIDES OF THE GROUP REACHED A COMMON VIEW ON THE LOCALISATION OF LEGISLATION ON CRIMINAL ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.

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NO DECISION YET ON TOLL CHARGE FOR LANTAU FIXED CROSSING

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FIXED CROSSING HAS NOT BEEN THE TOLL CHARGE FOR THE LANTAU

MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY DECIDED, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR (WEDNESDAY).

OF

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER A MEETING WITH THE CHINESE TEAM

MR LEUNG AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, EXPERTS TO DISCUSS THE PORT AND SAID THERE WAS MISUNDERSTANDING IN SOME REPORTS ON THE TOLL CHARGE.

"WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY DECISION ON THAT YET. NOT BE AS EXPENSIVE AS THESE REPORTS SAID. IT WILL

HE SAID. PRESENT TUNNEL CHARGES,

ΓΙ

MR LEUNG SAID THAT IT WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE $200 AS MENTIONED IN THE REPORTS.

CERTAINLY IT WILL BE CLOSE то THE

AS

EXPENSIVE AS

VERY HE TOLD THE PRESS THAT THE TWO SIDES HAD A FRANK DISCUSSION ON TRANSPORT PLANS AND THEIR LINKS TO AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.

DETAILED AND THE PORT AND

THEM

"AN INTRODUCTION ON THE PLAN IN GENERAL WAS MADE TO MORNING, AND A FURTHER SESSION TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON, HE SAID.

THIS

HELD

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