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MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1993

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GOVERNMENT ON THE ONE HAND TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY ITS OBLIGATIONS AS A GOOD EMPLOYER. BUT THE GOVERNMENT AT THE SAME TIMB ALSO HAS A WIDER OBLIGATION TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

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ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF INDUSTRIAL ACTION BY THE STAFF, MRS CHAN SAID SHE VERY MUCH HOPED THAT THE CIVIL SERVANTS WOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER WHATEVER ACTION THEY WOULD TAKE AND THAT THEY WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OF THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

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APPOINTMENT OF SENIOR JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATOR

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THE GOVERNMENT WILL APPOINT A JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATOR (SECRETARY) LEVEL TO TAKE OVER FROM THE REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT AS ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD AND CONTROLLING OFFICER OF THE JUDICIARY, ASSISTING THE CHIEF JUSTICE IN THE OVERALL ADMINISTRATION OF THE JUDICIARY.

THE

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (MONDAY) SAID NECESSARY FUNDS THE POST WOULD BE SOUGHT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

FOR THE

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE JUDICIARY AT PRESENT WAS PRIMARILY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE.

THERE IS HOWEVER A NEED TO APPOINT A HIGH-RANKING ADMINISTRATOR TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE JUDICIARY TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING ACTIVITIES OF THE JUDICIARY AND TO MEET RISING EXPECTATIONS ABOUT EFFICIENCY IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS.

ADMINISTRATIVE

"THE NEW JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATOR WILL FOCUS ON WORK AND WILL OCCUPY A NON-JUDICIAL POST IN THE JUDICIARY."

"THE POST SHOULD SUFFICIENTLY HIGH LEVEL TO SPOKESMAN SAID.

BE RANKED AT D8 LEVEL TO PUT HIM AT A DISCHARGE HIS DUTIES EFFECTIVELY, THE

THE PROPOSAL WILL BE PUT TO THE NEAR FUTURE.

FINANCE

COMMITTEE IN THE

RECRUITMENT OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATOR WILL BEGIN AS SOON AS THE NECESSARY FUNDS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

IT IS HOPED THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR WILL BR MADE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

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