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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1993

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TO REVISE THE LIST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES TO INCLUDE 26 DISEASES ALTOGETHER;

ΤΟ INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FINES BY FIVE TIMES UNDER THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE;

TO EMPOWER THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH TO AMEND NOTIFICATION OF DISEASE FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL; AND

TO EMPOWER THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE TO VARY THE FEES PRESCRIBED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE QUARANTINE AND PREVENTION DISEASE ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION ALREADY PROVIDED LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.

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"APART FROM BRINGING THE LEGISLATION IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS, THE MEASURES PROPOSED IN THE BILL WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES," HE ADDED.

THE BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE FIRST AND SECOND READING ON NOVEMBER 10.

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CJ URGES WIDER USE OF CHINESE IN MAGISTRATES' COURTS

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AS THE NUMBER OF CHINESE-SPEAKING

MAGISTRATES GROWS AND HAS NOW REACHED 53 PER CENT, AND AS THERE ARE MORE CHINESE-SPEAKING SOLICITORS AND BARRISTERS, THE WIDER USE OF CHINESE IN THE MAGISTRATES' COURTS IS FEASIBLE GIVEN THE WILL.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG, TODAY

(FRIDAY).

ADDRESSING THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE DUTY LAWYER SERVICE, SIR TI LIANG SAID THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE USE OF CHINESE IN THE MAGISTRATES' COURTS WAS ALREADY WELL IN PLACE.

"THE USE OF CHINESE IS DICTATED BY THE NUMBER OF AND LAWYERS WHO ARE ABLE AND WILLING TO USE THE LANGUAGE,

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MAGISTRATES HE NOTED.

"HOWEVER, THE MERE FACT THAT A PERSON IS OF CHINESE RACE DORS NOT MEAN THAT HE IS ABLE TO SPEAK CHINESE.

"THE MERE FACT THAT HE IS ABLE TO USE CHINESE IN HIS DAILY LIFE DOES NOT MEAN HE IS ABLE TO USE CHINESE IN HIS LEGAL OR JUDICIAL WORK," HE ADDED.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE STRESSED THAT THERE WERE DIFFICULTIES TO

OVERCOME.

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