TNAG-0214-FCO40-250-Proposals-for-appointment-of-a-ombudsman-in-Hong-Kong-1968 — Page 20

Mr. Primrose:

Mr. Royle:

Mr. Primrose:

Mr. Royle:

Sir Albert Rodrigues:

Mr. Primrose:

2.

Important cases are referred to

UMELCO meetings which are attended

by all Members. All meaty or

important papers are reproduced

in full so that all Members of

UMELCO have the actual informat-

ion. Some 12 to 15 cases (all

the important ones) are discussed

at each of the UMELCO fortnightly

meetings.

What types of cases have been

dealt with?

There is a split up in the papers

supplied to you. About 20 per cent

of cases deal with Resettlement

alone. (At this point there was

an interruption and it was not

possible to complete a descript-

ion of the other types of cases

dealt with. The remaining figures

are: Legal 14% Police 8%

Immigration 7% Housing 7% Hawkers

7% Transport 6% other matters

39%).

How about the 25% outside UMELCO

jurisdiction.

They mainly deal with legal matters.

I am not sure whether you are

referring to the 25% classified

as "unable to help". These fall

into two types. Firstly there are

/the decisions on