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FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1994

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"FOR OFFENCES PERTAINING TO UNDER-PAYMENT OF FIRST REGISTRATION TAX, THE PERSON CONVICTED OF THE OFFENCE WILL BE LIABLE TO PAY THE AMOUNT OF TAX THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYABLE, MR TONG SAID.

CONSULTATIONS WERE EXTENSIVE

MADE WITH THE MOTOR TRADERS DRAFTING THIS ASSOCIATION AND THE CONSUMER COUNCIL IN THE COURSE OF AMENDMENT ORDINANCE.

THE

REVIEWED EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NEW PROCEDURES WILL BE YEAR AFTER THE OPERATION OF THE NEW SCHEME.

ONE

THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 15).

COMAC WELCOMES PASSAGE OF BILL

THE COMMISSIONER

*

FOR

ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS

COUNCIL

(COHAC},

ANDREW SO, WELCOMES THE PASSAGE OF THE COMAC (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 JUNE 15, AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATION ON JUNE 16 OF ENLARGED

IN ROLE

REDRESSING GRIEVANCES INFORMATION.

ARISING

ACCESS FROM

MR

ON

HIS

TO

THE COMMISSIONER IS GLAD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE

AND LOOKS

то FORWARD

ACCEPTING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, CHALLENGES WITH CONFIDENCE AND DETERMINATION.

OF

GREATER THE NEW

THE SUPPORT GIVEN BY THE HE IS PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND IT'S RECOGNITION OF THE

AND USEFULNESS

PROVIDED BY ADVANTAGES OF WIDENING THE INDEPENDENT COMPLAINT CHANNEL COMAC.

PLACED MR SO PLEDGES THAT HE WILL NOT DISAPPOINT THE TRUST HIM AND HIS OFFICE.

COMAC (AMENDMENT}

IN

THE IN PREPARATION FOR THE PASSAGE OF

BILL BEEN 1993, COMAC'S OFFICE HAS

GIVEN INCREASED FINANCIAL RESOURCES FROM $13 MILLION IN 1993/94 TO $16.1 MILLION IN 1994/95, REPRESENTING A 23.8 PER CENT INCREASE.

STEPS ARE IN HAND TO IMPLEMENT THE EXPANSION OF HIS COPE WITH HIS ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

OFFICE

то

THE POWER TO INITITATE DIRECT INVESTIGATION IS DEVELOPMENT NOT CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL BILL.

HOWEVER

A NEW

THE FULL IMPLICATION OF THIS CHANGE, HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THIS NEW POWER, THE PROCEDURES INVOLVED, AND THE RESOURCES WHICH HAVE TO BE DEVOTED FOR THIS PURPOSE HAVE TO BE CAREFULLY THOUGHT THROUGH. DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SEPARATELY.

AS REGARDS ACCESS TO INFORMATION, MR SO IS GLAD THAT HE IS GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO HANDLE COMPLAINTS SO ARISING.

/HE CONSIDERS