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val yesterday (tuesday) for new commercial crime trials, Commercial assessors rather feral jim Findlay, the paper să ill be gazetted probably in a as saying that the bill was subst put forward by the attoreny-gene that there were some fairly impos scm post's reporter Lindy courser in the world to operate such a B proposals aroused strong critici community, including the bar assoc indicated by mr find lay are expect the sting out of the criticism. worried the bar association was for the judge to sum up only on and fact, it was also concerned did not have to give reasons for could limit defendants grounds

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wedge, but attorney-general michael thomas had person backed this proposal from the start and he, was determi ahead with it, according to scm pos

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resettlement of refugees a priority for uk, sheila dawes reports from London that the brit special responsibility for hk affairs, richard that there is a conflict of aims betwee en the home office which the paper says could create the resettlement of vietnamese regee

jees in hk. Luce has described resettlement the refugees priority, and that the objective was to

to obtain as fast as we can, so that we do not have

have refugees. or open camps+. the paper report mr Luce as havi remarks while giving evidence to the commons all affairs race and immigration sub-committee which 1 the problems of refugees, hk standard also report is to hold talks with the un commissioner for refugees in deneva on the matter, and that leading resettlement countries had been. approached formally and private discussion Initiate PME appeared that they were reluctant to do more to help bei paper says, "quoting mr luce, the paper adds that clear whether or not they would respond

spond more pos took in more refugees the un view wa

was that the a british responsibility, according to he papers office had Indicated recently its willingnes cases of 435 refugees with family. Links In

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1997 passport is accepted by gues the paper says they will also be re view that the new passports should clearly states the holder's right off abode in b of statelessness among hk's mino to be highlighted, but those hop calls for a passport that gives likely to be disappointed.

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