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MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1994

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JUDICIARY POISED FOR A QUIET MANAGEMENT REVOLUTION

THE JUDICIARY IS POISED FOR A QUIET MANAGEMENT REVOLUTION, AS PART OF THE PROCESS, WILL STRENGTHEN ITS LINKS WITH THE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

AND

COMMUNITY,

TI

ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1994 LEGAL YEAR, SIR LIANG SAID: "WE WILL ENSURE THAT THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS RESPONSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE, WHERE CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT. WE WILL FOSTER THE TRIPARTITE CO-OPERATION AMONGST THE JUDICIARY, THE LEGAL PROFESSION ADMINISTRATION.

AND

THE

GOALS THESE

AND HE STRESSED THAT IN THE COURSE OF PURSUING

THE ALL- ACHIEVING

GREATER OPENNESS, THE JUDICIARY WILL PRESERVE IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE EXPLAINED WHAT WAS BEING DONE TO PAVE THE WAY AND TO FOR BRINGING INTO THE JUDICIARY A MODERN MANAGEMENT CULTURE PROMOTE JUDICIAL EFFICIENCY.

"FIRST, THE WORKING PARTY ON JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATION, WHICH LAUNCHED LAST OCTOBER AND WHICH I PERSONALLY CHAIR, IS MAPPING OUT COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY

ADMINISTRATION OF FOR STREAMLINING THE JUDICIARY. IT IS LAYING THE GROUND FOR REFORMS.

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A

THE

"SECONDLY, THE THREE COURT USERS' COMMITTERS FOR CIVIL CASES, GOT CRIMINAL CASES, AND CASES BEFORE THE TRIBUNALS RESPECTIVELY HAVE OFF TO A PROMISING START AND ARE GENERATING A NUMBER OF AND HELPFUL IDEAS.

CONSTRUCTIVE

"THIRDLY, THE

EXERCISE TO RECRUIT A HIGH-RANKING

WE HAVE REASON TO HOPE FOR ADMINISTRATOR HAS PROCEEDED SMOOTHLY.

JUDICIARY

AN

EARLY APPOINTMENT.

AS

PART

OF THE DRIVE TO PROMOTE

AN

AWARENESS

OF

HAVE

USE

THIS

"FINALLY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE JUDICIARY, PERSONAL COMPUTERS RECENTLY BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO INTERESTED JUDICIAL OFFICERS FOR IN THEIR CHAMBERS, ALONG WITH BASIC COMPUTER TRAINING. REPRESENTS THE CURTAIN-RAISER FOR THE WIDER APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO THE WORK OF THE JUDICIARY IN THE FUTURE," HE SAID.

SIR TI LIANG POINTED OUT THAT THE JUDICIARY'S EFFORTS TO KEEP CO-OPERATION OF DOWN WAITING TIMES IN COURT REQUIRED THE TRIPARTITE

PRACTICE OR IN THE JUDICIARY, ALL THE LAWYERS, BE THEY IN PRIVATE GOVERNMENT SERVICE, AND THE ADMINISTRATION.

"WITHIN THE JUDICIARY, THE LISTING SYSTEM MUST BE ONE THAT FLEXIBLE

TIME. AMONGST AND MAKES

USE MAXIMUM

OF JUDGES'

SENSITIVITY BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, THERE MUST BE THE SAME COURT TIME IS PRECIOUS. LASTLY, THE ADMINISTRATION MUST PROVIDE NECESSARY RESOURCES WE REQUIRE, HE SAID.

THE

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CHIEF JUSTICE

REMEDIAL THAT STATED

TWO CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR THE HIGH COURT TO MAKE BETTER COURT'S TIME: PRE-TRIAL REVIEWS AND RUNNING LIST.

IS

THE

THAT THE

WERE METHODS

USE OF THE

/PRE-TRIAL REVIEWS