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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1993

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AMBIGUITIES IN DRUG TRAFFICKING (RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS) ORDINANCE REMOVED

TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO REMOVE AMBIGUITIES IN WHICH MIGHT FRUSTRATE THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TRAFFICKERS OF THEIR ILL-GOTTEN PROFITS HAVE BEEN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THE LEGISLATION TO DEPRIVE DRUG SUBMITTED TO THE

DRUG TRAFFICKING AND TERRITORIES) SECURITY, MR KEN AMENDMENTS TO

MOVING A RESOLUTION TO SEEK APPROVAL OF THE (RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS) (DESIGNATED COUNTRIES (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1993, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR WOODHOUSE, SAID THE ORDER INTRODUCED TECHNICAL FACILITATE THE PROPER OPERATION OF THE ORDINANCE IN SO FAR AS EXTERNAL CONFISCATION ORDERS WERE CONCERNED.

28 OF THE ORDINANCE, CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS, THE PROCEEDS OF DRUG

THE 1991 ORDER, MADE UNDER SECTION APPLIES THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE, WITH TO ENABLE COURTS IN HONG KONG TO CONFISCATE TRAFFICKING PURSUANT TO EXTERNAL CONFISCATION ORDERS,

"IN THE COURSE OF IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS ORDER, SOME AMBIGUITIES HAVE COME TO LIGHT.

OF THE 1991

"WE PROPOSE TO AMEND THE 1991 ORDER BY CLARIFYING THE DEFINITIONS OF "DEFENDANT" AND "REALISABLE PROPERTIES", AND REMOVING OTHER AMBIGUITIES, SAID MR WOODHOUSE.

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THE AMENDED ORDER CLARIFIES THE TYPES OF FOREIGN CONFISCATION ORDERS THAT CAN BE REGISTERED AND ENFORCED IN HONG KONG, WHICH CAN EITHER BE AGAINST A PERSON OR PROPERTY, AND ARE EITHER CRIMINAL OR CIVIL IN NATURE.

THE

CHANGES TO APPROVED ESTIMATES EXPENDITURE TABLED

SECRETARY FOR THE

TREASURY, MR DONALD TSANG, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TABLED THE SUMMARY OF ALL CHANGES MADE TO THE APPROVED ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE FINAL. QUARTER OF THE FINANCIAL 1992/93 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

YEAR

THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN APPROVED EITHER BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OR UNDER DELEGATED AUTHORITY.

SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF $6,647 MILLION WAS ALSO APPROVED.

ON

THIS INCLUDED $580 MILLION TO MEET INCREASED EXPENDITURE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCES AND $5,442 MILLION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1992 PAY ADJUSTMENT,

/"THE SUPPLEMENTARY