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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1991

LAID MR CHAN SAID THESE STANDARDS WERE NOT

DOWN THEY WERE BECAUSE IT WAS MUCH EASIER TO UPDATE THEM IF STATUTE BOOKS.

LAW IN THE NOT ON THE

HONG KONG FOLLOWED CLOSELY THE PRACTICE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING ADVICE ON SUCH STANDARDS WITH REFERENCE TO THE UK GUIDANCE NOTE, HE ADDED.

RTHK PROGRAMMES NOT FOR PROMOTING COMMERCIAL INTERESTS

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IT IS NEITHER THE POLICY NOR THE PRACTICE OF HONG KONG TO PRODUCE PROGRAMMES INTENDED TO PROMOTE, OR INDIRECTLY, OUTSIDE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

RADIO TELEVISION EITHER DIRECTLY

THE AFFAIRS,

HON ALBERT

LAM,

LAM SAID

MR SZETO WAH, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RTHK HAD CLEAR GUIDELINES TO THEIR PRODUCERS ON THIS.

MEASURES TAKEN TO OVERCOME SHORTAGE OF COURT REPORTERS

COURT

THE JUDICIARY IS TAKING THREE MEASURES TO OVERCOME THE OF SHORTAGE OF COURT REPORTERS IN ORDER TO RELIEVE HIGH OF THE NEED TO MAKE NOTES IN LONG HAND WHILE HEARING CASES.

PROBLEM JUDGES

THIS IN A THE LEGISLATIVE

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PETER WONG IN COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

LACK

HE SAID THE SHORTAGE OF COURT REPORTERS WAS CAUSED BY THE OF SUPPLY OF CANDIDATES WHO POSSESSED THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS.

FIRSTLY, EFFORTS WERE

TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, MR MATHEWS SAID, BRING MADE TO RECRUIT COURT REPORTERS FROM OVERSEAS.

"SIX COURT REPORTERS HAVE BEEN RECRUITED FROM 1990, HE NOTED.

SECONDLY, ARRANGEMENTS

AUSTRALIA SINCE

HAD BEEN MADE FOR THE LESS URGENT PROCEEDINGS, SUCH AS CIVIL CASES IN THE HIGH COURT, TO BE RECORDED.

"THE RECORDED

PROCEEDINGS

CAN BE TRANSCRIBED BY

TEMPORARY

"

BE DEPLOYED TO CASES WHICH MR MATHEWS EXPLAINED.

STAFF, SO THAT THE COURT REPORTERS CAN REQUIRE IMMEDIATE TRANSCRIPTION,

/THIRDLY, MR