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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1994

MEMBER APPOINTED TO PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY.

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, HAS APPOINTED MR LO CHUNG-HING A MEMBER OF THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY.

MR LO IS DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER OF THE BANK OF CHINA HONG KONG BRANCH, A POST HE HAS HELD SINCE 1986.

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MR LO REPLACES MR SHU TSE-WONG, CHAIRMAN AND GENERAL MANAGER OF NANYANG COMMERCIAL BANK, WHO HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY SINCE OCTOBER 1991.

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LAUNCHING OF PILOT RECORDING SCHEME IN DISTRICT COURT

THE PILOT SCHEME FOR A COMPUTER ASSISTED RECORDING SYSTEM IN THE DISTRICT COURT IS A TANGIBLE SIGN OF THE JUDICIARY'S DETERMINATION AND EFFORTS TO EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY IN A BID TO MAXIMISE THE EFFICIENT USE OF COURTS, THE JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATOR, MS ALICE TAI, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BAR ASSOCIATION, THE LAW SOCIETY, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGAL AİD DEPARTMENT WERE INVITED TO ATTEND A BRIEFING-CUM-DEMONSTRATION SESSION IN THE DISTRICT COURT THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING WHICH MARKED THE LAUNCHING OF THE PILOT SCHEME.

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MS TAI TOLD THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE NEW COMPUTER ASSISTED RECORDING SYSTEM WILL ENABLE THE KEEPING OF ACCURATE RECORDS OF COURT PROCEEDINGS AND RELIEVE JUDGES FROM HAVING TO TAKE NOTES IN LONGHAND.

"INITIALLY EIGHT COURTS IN THE DISTRICT

EQUIPPED FOR THE PILOT SCHEME.

COURT HAVE BEEN

"SUBJECT TO TESTING AND FINE-TUNING, WE WILL EXTEND THE SAME OR A SIMILAR SERVICE TO ALL OTHER COURTS IN THE DISTRICT COURT, MAGISTRACIES AND TRIBUNALS IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR," MS TAI SAID.

MS TAI NOTED THAT THE PILOT SCHEME ALSO MARKED THE CO-OPERATION OF MANY PARTIES INVOLVED, SUCH AS JUDGES, ADMINISTRATOR, LEGAL AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS, IN THE SEARCH FOR A SOLUTION ΤΟ A LONG STANDING PROBLEM OF OUR COURTS.

"WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY, IMPROVED PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES AND THE CO-OPERATION OF ALL PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, I AM SURE THAT WE WILL MAXIMISE THE EFFICIENT USE OF THE COURTS SO THAT OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM CAN COPE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE GROWING VOLUME AND COMPLEXITY OF CASES.'

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AT PRESENT, ONLY THE COURT OF APPEAL AND THE HIGH COURT ARE PROVIDED WITH PROFESSIONAL COURT REPORTERS ΤΟ RECORD COURT PROCEEDINGS.

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