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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1994

GUIDELINES ON ELECTIONEERING ACTIVITIES TO BE ISSUED TO THE REPRESENTATIVE

FUNCTIONAL

ORGANISATIONS

OF

THE

CONSTITUENCIES:

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GUIDELINES TO BE ISSUED TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON HOW

HANDLE GOVERNMENT OFFICES;

FROM REQUESTS

CANDIDATES FOR

CAMPAIGNING

то IN

MR

DOCUMENT

REPORT.

PUBLICITY ON FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY IMPROVED.

ELECTIONS TO BE

NG SAID THE ICAC'S REPORT WAS AN INTERNAL CONSULTANCY AND IT WAS CONSIDERED INAPPROPRIATE TO MAKE PUBLIC THE

FULL

"HOWEVER, BEFORE IMPLEMENTING ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, EITHER THROUGH LEGISLATION OR IN THE FORM OF GUIDELINES, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE THOROUGHLY CONSULTED," HE ADDED.

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FURTHER USE OF CHINESE IN COURT PROCEEDINGS UNDER STUDY

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HAVE BEEN TWO WORKING PARTIES APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE

LANGUAGE ASKED TO CONSIDER THE MEANS BY WHICH THE USE OF THE CHINESE

ATTORNEY GENERAL, MAY BE FURTHER PROMOTED IN COURT PROCEEDINGS, THE

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HON THE (WEDNESDAY).

JEREMY

MATHEWS SAID IN

TODAY

TAM YIU- IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION RAISED BY THE HON

PARTIES

WELL MIGHT

MAKE CHUNG, MR MATHEWS SAID THE TWO WORKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE AS TO WHETHER AND, IF SO, HOW THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ORDINANCE NEEDED TO BE AMENDED TO ALLOW CHINESE USED IN THE COURT OF APPEAL, HIGH COURT AND DISTRICT COURT.

BE

DECIDE WHAT

HE SAID: "THE CHIEF JUSTICE WILL, IN DUE COURSE, ACTION, IF ANY, HE WILL TAKE IN RESPECT OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS."

LAWS

BILINGUAL THAT ALL BEFORE

WITH REGARD TO STATUTORY FORMS, MR MATHEWS SAID THE ENSURE EXERCISE NOW BEING CONDUCTED WAS DESIGNED TO FORMS THAT REMAINED SPECIFIED IN THE LAWS OF HONG KONG WOULD, 1997, BE SPECIFIED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE.

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RESOURCES ALLOCATED ACCORDING TO COMMUNITY'S NEEDS

ON

THE GOVERNMENT DETERMINES PRIORITIES IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION THE BASIS OF THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, AND THE COMMUNITY REGARDS SOCIAL WELFARE, MEDICAL

AS HOUSING

PRIORITY.

SERVICES

AND

DESERVING

PARTICULAR

MR DONALD

LAM

IN

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY, TSANG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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