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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994

CNTA WILL CONTINUE HELPING OWNERS' CORPORATIONS

THE STAFF OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST OWNERS AND TENANTS OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS TO SET UP RESIDENTS ASSOCIATIONS AND IN RE-ELECTIONS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON ALBERT CHAN WAI-YIP, MR SUEN SAID ADMINISTRATION HAD NOT CEASED ASSISTING OWNERS OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS TO ESTABLISH AND REGISTER OWNERS' CORPORATIONS.

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AS THE SERVICE HAD NOT BEEN SUSPENDED, HE SAID, HAD BEEN SAVED.

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TWO TOURISTS CHARGED WITH COMMON ASSAULT

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AMERICAN CHINESE TOURISTS WHO SERIOUSLY INJURED A SALESWOMAN WORKING IN A DEPARTMENT STORE IN WAN CHAI WERE CHARGED WITH COMMON ASSAULT RECENTLY.

THEY WERE BOUND OVER FOR SIX MONTHS AND WERE ORDERED ΤΟ PAY $500 EACH TO THE VICTIM FOR COMPENSATION.

EXPLAINING THE CASE TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN HIS WRITTEN REPLY то A QUESTION BY THE HON ZACHARY WONG WAI-YIN, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR KEN WOODHOUSE, SAID THE INCIDENT AROSE FROM A DISPUTE OVER THE METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR GOODS BOUGHT IN THE DEPARTMENT STORE,

THE TOURISTS WERE CHARGED WITH COMMON ASSAULT ON THE BASIS OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SALESWOMAN'S INJURIES.

THE INJURY ASSESSMENT REPORT AVAILABLE TO THE POLICE ON THE DAY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT WAS SUBMITTED то THE COURT FOR CONSIDERATION.

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