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Reply:

Mr President,

There are 14 Government-owned public carparks. These are managed by Wharf Holding Co Ltd and Wilson Parking (HK) Co Ltd under separate management contracts, with each company being responsible for seven carparks. These contracts were let through competitive tenders.

In 1994/95, total gross receipts from these carparks amounted to about $340 million, with about 90% of this going to the Government.

End/Wednesday, May 24, 1995

Use of language in summonses

Following is a question by the Hon Emily Lau and a written reply by the acting Chief Justice, Mr Michael Leung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

At present, some items in the Chinese version of the summonses issued by the Magistrates' Courts are still written in English, including the address of the defendant, particulars of the charge and location of the offence, etc. and this may cause inconvenience to people who are not conversant with English. In view of this, will the Government inform this Council whether:

(a)

(b)

(c)

a Chinese version is attached to all summonses issued by the Magistrates' Courts;

there is a special format for the summonses issued with a Chinese version; if so, why some of the items in the Chinese version are still written in English: whether this runs counter to the original intention of issuing a Chinese version; and

there are any plans for the Magistrates' Courts to issue summonses written in Chinese only; if so, when such plans will be implemented?