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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1990

LANDS TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 TO BE INTRODUCED

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APPROVED

THE

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS

INTRODUCTION OF LANDS TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THE

THE OBJECT OF THE BILL IS TO AMEND THE LANDS TRIBUNAL MAY SIT ORDINANCE SO AS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGES AS PRESIDING OFFICERS IN THE LANDS TRIBUNAL.

INTO VALIDITY PRESIDING

COME THE AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE BILL ARE DEEMED TO HAVE OPERATION ON JULY 30, 1982 SO AS TO PUT BEYOND ANY DOUBT THE OF JUDGEMENTS OF DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGES OFFICERS SINCE THAT TIME.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY GOVERNOR APPOINTED ALL DISTRICT JUDGES DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGES HAVE ALSO SAT AS LANDS TRIBUNAL FROM TIME TO TIME.

WHO HAVE SAT AS

THE

(THURSDAY) THAT IN 1982

TO BE PRESIDING OFFICERS. PRESIDING OFFICERS IN THE

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HE IS AND

BY VIRTUE OF SECTION 8 (1) OF THE DISTRICT COURT ORDINANCE,

"DURING THE PERIOD FOR WHICH DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE SHALL APPOINTED, HAVE ALL THE JURISDICTION, POWERS AND PRIVILEGES, PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF DISTRICT JUDGE".

IT HAS BEEN ASSUMED

THAT THIS

OF "ALL

PROVISION TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT

ΤΟ DISTRICT JUDGES"

BE PRESIDING PRESIDING OFFICERS OFFICERS ENABLED DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGES TO SIT AS ON THE LANDS TRIBUNAL.

THE AMENDMENT LEGISLATION IS BEING INTRODUCED IN RESPONSE TO REQUEST BY THE JUDICIARY THAT THE LAW BE MADE CLEAR ON THIS POINT.

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DEPUTY DIRECTOR VISITS INJURED FIREMEN

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR LAM CHEK-YUEN, TODAY ARE STILL IN (THURSDAY) PAID A THIRD VISIT TO THE FOUR FIREMEN WHO

SHUI PO HOSPITAL AFTER BEING INJURED IN THE NO. 4 ALARM FIRE IN SHAM ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 23).

HAD ALSO TWICE THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR JOHN MARCH,

THEM THAT VISITED THE INJURED FIREMEN AND YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) TOLD

HIS EXTEND

CONCERN THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, HAD ASKED HIM TO AND TO WISH THEM A SPEEDY RECOVERY.

OFFICERS, SENIOR FIREMAN

IN

HO HON-KEUNG AND QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL IN

MAK FIREMAN

KWOK-LEUNG AND KWONG WAH HOSPITAL

IN

TWO OF THE FOUR FIREMAN IP YIN-KING, WERE ADMITTED "FAIR" CONDITION. THE OTHER TWO, SENIOR

WERE ADMITTED FIREMAN TAI KEI-CHEONG, "SATISFACTORY" CONDITION.

/MR LAM

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