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TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1994

THE JUDICIAL STUDIES BOARD SHOULD FROM TIME TO TIME ORGANISE LECTURES AND SEMINARS FOR JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES ON HEALTH AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE.

MR JUSTICE

WONG REQUIRED

RECOMMENDATIONS

THE IMPLEMENTATION

MENTAL

OF

THE

THE

SUCH

LAW

THAT STRESSED

THE CLOSEST CO-OPERATION BETWEEN JUDICIARY, THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS, THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT, ALL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

GIVING

OTHER AND MORE "THE WORKING PARTY WILL CONTINUE TO EXAMINE

AS SUCH PROPOSALS

BY EVIDENCE

A COMPLICATED

MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSON BY MEANS OF TELEVISION LINK, VIDEOTAPED RECORDINGS, DEPOSITIONS AND

MEANS. OTHER

WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE

THE NEXT FEW DELIBERATIONS AND HAVE OUR FINAL REPORT READY WITHIN MONTHS, HE SAID.

"

OUR

THE WORKING PARTY WAS APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, LIANG YANG, IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.

SIR ΤΙ

FOR

ANTHONY

CHAN,

OF PUBLIC REHABILITATION;

(YOUTH

MR

AND

BAR

SOCIETY;

PRACTICE;

AND MR

FRED

IT COMPRISED SEVEN MEMBERS: MR JOHN WOOD, DIRECTOR PROSECUTIONS; MR ALLAN CHOW, COMMISSIONER

DIRECTOR

WELFARE OF SOCIAL ASSISTANT REHABILITATION); MR MICHAEL LUNN, A BARRISTER RECOMMENDED BY THE ASSOCIATION; MR T C FOO, A SOLICITOR RECOMMENDED BY THE LAW DR

CHAN, SYLVIA

A PSYCHIATRIST IN PRIVATE LI WAH-MING, A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

WHICH

THE WORKING PARTY IS TASKED TO EXAMINE WAYS AND MEANS BY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE GIVING EVIDENCE IN COURT MAY BE HELPED ORDER TO MINIMISE ANY TRAUMA THEY MAY SUFFER THEREBY.

IN

WHO

THE INTERIM REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE,

IN THE MEANTIME, THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAS ACCEPTED ITS RECOMMENDATIONS. IS

SEEKING THE VIEWS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TO SEE HOW BEST THE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED.

GOVERNMENT

MEMBERS

THE CHIEF JUSTICE PAID TRIBUTE TO MR JUSTICE WONG AND

UP THE OF THE WORKING PARTY FOR THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS IN DRAWING INTERIM REPORT ON AN ISSUE WHICH IS OF CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC CONCERN.

CHLORINE STORAGE MADE SAFER

* *

THE CHLORINATION HOUSE IN TSUEN WAN WATER TREATMENT WORKS HAS BEEN MODIFIED WITH MODERN DESIGN TO ENHANCE SAFETY OF CHLORINE STORAGE.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

THIS WAS INDICATED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE OF WATER SUPPLIES (SUPPLIES AND DISTRIBUTION), MR WATT CHI-NGONG, DURING A PRESS VISIT TO THE INSTALLATION.

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