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Allowance to jurors to be increased
The Allowances to Jurors (Amendment) Order, which provides for an increase in the allowance and the maximum additional allowance payable to jurors, has been made by the Governor on December 29 last year and will be published in the Gazette on Friday (January 26).
Under the Order, which forms part of the subsidiary legislation of the Jury Ordinance, the allowance will be increased from $240 to $280 a day or part of a day.
The revision follows a review by the Judiciary in November 1995 which concludes that allowance should be increased to $280 a day, or part of a day.
It is anticipated that the proposed revision will entail an additional recurrent expenditure of $0.47 million per annum, a government spokesman said today (Wednesday).
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DB chairmen appointed convention ambassadors
The chairmen of all 18 District Boards (DBs) have been appointed as Convention Ambassadors for the territory by the Hong Kong Tourist Association.
Attending a certificate-presentation ceremony today (Wednesday), the Director of Home Affairs, Mrs Shelley Lau, said she was pleased that DBs had committed themselves to promoting tourism in Hong Kong.
Mrs Lau said the Home Affairs Department had launched an 18-District Tourism Promotion Project recently.
"The Working Party set up for this purpose is now planning to produce a package of informative brochure highlighting the unique characteristics of each district and favourite tourist spots in Hong Kong," she said.
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