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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1994

THEREFORE BE

MR BASON SAID: "RESULTS OF THE LDC REVIEW WILL PRESENTED WITH THOSE OF THE WIDER REVIEW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

NOTING THAT THE OVERALL REVIEW COVERED THE ROLE VARIOUS IMPLEMENTATION AGENTS INVOLVED, INCLUDING PRIVATE HE SAID IT WAS A HIGHLY COMPLEX SUBJECT WITH MAJOR

PLANNING LAND, AND SOCIAL IMPACT, ECONOMIC TERMS OF POLICIES AND RESOURCES.

"IT

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OF ALL THE DEVELOPERS,

IMPLICATIONS IN AND HOUSING

THE

IS DIFFICULT TO SET A FIRM DATE FOR THE COMPLETION OF REVIEW AT THIS STAGE THEREFORE; BUT IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AT LEAST.

甲申

OMBUDSMAN APPOINTMENT EXPLAINED

THE COMMISSIONER

FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS

CAN ONLY BE

REMOVED FROM OFFICE BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE APPROVAL BY RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

IN

LOH IN

THE

A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHRISTINE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE CHIEF SECRETARY,

ENSURE WAS TO HON MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID THIS PROVISION COMMISSIONER WAS NOT REMOVED DURING HIS CONTRACT WITHOUT A GOOD CAUSE.

OBVIOUSLY

"SUCH CONSIDERATION APPOINTMENT TO THE POST, MRS CHAN SAID.

SHE

"

CONSIDERING

THAT THE

DOES NOT APPLY

IN

REGARD TO

THE CANDIDATE SAID IN GOVERNMENT TOOK ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL FACTORS.

THE FOR

POST,

THE

THE PERSON MUST BE

PERSONAL INTEGRITY AND OF HIGH RESPECTED IN THE COMMUNITY; HE SHOULD KNOW THE OPERATIONS GOVERNMENT WELL AND YET BE DETACHED FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

AT THE YEARS.

HE

WELL- OF THE

SHOULD PREFERABLY BE BILINGUAL, AND SHOULD BE AGED UNDER 65 FOR FIVE TIME OF APPOINTMENT AS EACH TERM OF APPOINTMENT IS

RAIDS ON PIRATED COMPACT DISCS ACHIEVE GOOD RESULTS

*

COMBAT

RAIDS CONDUCTED BY THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT TO

HAVE ACHIEVED THE SMUGGLING OF PIRATED COMPACT DISCS INTO HONG KONG GOOD RESULTS, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T H CHAU, SAID.

LAST YEAR, 315 RAIDS WERE MADE, INCLUDING FIVE MAJOR TERRITORY- WIDE OPERATIONS TO ATTACK THE HAWKING OF PIRATED COMPACT DISCS.

PHONOGRAPHIC

90

PER DROP

ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION of the INDUSTRY, THE SALE OF LEGITIMATE COMPACT DISCS REBOUNDED BY CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF LAST YEAR COMPARED TO A 40 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

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