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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993

CRIMINAL, COURT USERS COMMITTEE MEETS

THE CRIMINAL COURT USERS COMMITTEE

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BY

ONE OF

THE

THREE COURT

LIANG SIR TI PROMPTLY TO MEETING

REACTING

USERS COMMITTEES RECENTLY LAUNCHED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE,

EFFICENCY YANG,

JUDICIAL TO PROMOTE SUGGESTIONS FROM THOSE WHO USE THE COURTS EARLY THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING.

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FIRST HELD ITS

SPEAKING AFTER THE MEETING, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JUSTICE POWER, WHO IS A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COURT

A

MEMBERS HAD

PRELIMINARY USEFUL OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMITTEE.

DISCUSSION

ON

COMMITTEE, MR

OF APPEAL. SAID THE LONG-TERM

"OUR TASK IS TO IDENTIFY ISSUES IN WHICH THE JUDICIARY CAN, BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT, BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC.

BY

ATTENTION ARE

HE SAID.

"THE TWO ISSUES TO WHICH WE WILL GIVE IMMEDIATE DELAY BEFORE HEARING AND MORE EFFICIENT USE OF JUDGES' TIME,'

COMMITTEE OF THE

JUDGE COMPRISE

MEMBERS DISTRICT COURT; MISS BETTY KWAN KA-CHING, A PRINCIPAL GRENVILLE CROSS, QC, DEPUTY CROWN PROSECUTOR; MRS

OF THE BAR

LEGAL

AID; MR ASSOCIATION;

H

LONGLEY OF THE MAGISTRATE; MR

A

A

DOROTHY PRITCHARD, WONG,

BARRISTER SOLICITOR FUNG,

OF

CHING Y ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

MR LOUIS RECOMMENDED BY

GRACE

ADMINISTRATOR WONG, BY THE LAW SOCIETY; MISS RECOMMENDED THE DUTY LAWYER SERVICE; AND MR CHAU CHAM-SON, A LAY MEMBER.

THE OTHER TWO COURT USERS COMMITTEES ARE THE CIVIL COURT

COMMITTEE AND TRIBUNAL USERS COMMITTEE.

BOTH HAVE HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING RECENTLY,

USERS

LANGUAGE GROUPING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

ΤΟ

STUDENTS BEST OF WONG, SAID

LANGUAGE GROUPING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL ENCOURAGE LEARN THROUGH A LANGUAGE IN WHICH THEY CAN LEARN TO THE THEIR ABILITY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC S W TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THAT CHINESE

FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, THIS WOULD MEAN WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, MR WONG SAID, ADDING THAT SUBSIDIARY MEASURES WOULD CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN TO MAINTAIN THE OF ENGLISH IN THESE SCHOOLS.

HE

SAID THIS AT THE OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL

1993

93) CONFERENCE

ORGANISED BY (ILEC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION, THE CURRICULUM STUDIES OF UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS.

LEVEL

LANGUAGE IN

THE

EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF THE HONG KONG

OF HONG KONG'S THE DEMAND FOR

SUPPLY

FROM

PATTERNS HE ALSO SAID BECAUSE OF CHANGING

TO SERVICE INDUSTRIES, FROM ECONOMY

MANUFACTURING EMPLOYEES WITH GOOD ENGLISH SKILLS NOW FAR EXCEEDED THE SCHOOLS.

/"SIMILARLY, THE