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The reform will centre on the improvement of the organisational system and the training of lawyers, he said. “We will gradually set up various specialised committees, which will consist of some members of the association and lawyers involved in various types of legal practice." In the future, the majority of the work will be done by these professional committees, he said, adding that legal associations will be set up in provinces and autonomous regions. (Xinhua in English 0732 gmt 27 Jan 88)
Officials warned against issuing illegal bonuses (Excerpt) Li Ruidi, a responsible person of the relevant department of the Auditing Administration, said: From now on, units at the central level indiscriminately issuing bonuses or allowances in money or kind in disregard of repeated warnings will be seriously dealt with, and the leadership and the responsible persons handling financial affairs in those units will be punished.
He was speaking at a meeting of responsible persons in charge of financial affairs and auditing in various state organs at the central level held in Peking today [8th February]... (Xinhua in Chinese 0700 gmt 8 Feb 88)
Forest police in north-east to join People's Armed Police Force The State Council and the Central Military Commission recently decided to include the armed forest police of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Inner Mongolia in the system of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force. (Xinhua in Chinese 1316 gmt 4 Feb 88)
Interference with road building in Shaanxi (Excerpts) The provincial government recently issued a notice prohibiting interference in the construction of the grade-1 highway from Xian to Sanyuan and the motorway from Xian to Lintong, which are key projects in communications construction in the seventh five-year plan... The notice says that the townships, villages, units and villagers along the highways should report to the local government any problems that crop up due to the construction work, and the local government should send people to consult with the construction units to solve the problems. No unit or individual is permitted to arbitrarily hamper construction or prevent the normal operations of construction vehicles.
The construction units and the local government should strengthen ties. Regarding problems that involve the masses' interests, such as occupying land and requiring people to move house, it is necessary to proceed from reality and deal with the matter properly through consultations in accordance with the policy regulations... Public security departments along the highways must help the construction units to maintain good order and security at the construction sites. People who loot or steal state property, damage machinery, vehicles, and equipment, set up markers, and beat up construction personnel must be dealt with severely, according to the seriousness of the case. (Xian, Shaanxi provincial service 0030 gmt 7 Feb 88)
Militia Shanxi
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(Excerpts) A meeting to mobilise the Taiyuan
militia to take part in maintaining public order was held in Taiyuan on 4th February... The meeting held that in the new historical period when the state is concentrating forces on modernisation and vigorously promoting and deepening reforms, to organise and mobilise the militia and reserve force fighters to work together with the public security organs in maintaining public order and crack down hard on crime is the requirement of the situation of modernisation, reform and opening up, and is also specific action in subordinating militia work to the overall situation of economic construction...
The meeting said that the main tasks of the militia in taking part in maintaining public order are: To do a good job in security and anti-crime precautions in their own units and areas; to formulate and perfect various security measures and joint protection schemes; to organise security patrols and protect factories, mines and forests; and to co-operate with the public security organs in cracking down on crime of all kinds. At present, in accordance with the unified arrangements of the provincial party committee and government, the militia should actively plunge into the struggle to straighten out public order focused on cracking down on theft, pickpocketing, robbery and gambling... (Taiyuan, Shanxi provincial service 2300 gmt 4 Feb 88)
ECONOMIC ISSUES
Fujian entrepreneurs oppose
oppose restrictions Rural entrepreneurs in Fujian Province recently made an apeal for the removal of obstacles blocking their commodities from entering international markets, according to the 'Farmers' Daily'. The continuing expansion of foreign trade carried on by local rural enterprises is being restricted by government organisations. For instance, a regulation stipulated that rural firms are not allowed to produce canned mushrooms. As a result, many of the rural mushroom processing factories which had been set up several years ago had been forced to close. Rural enterprises were also barred from sharing the preferential treatment enjoyed by their state-owned counterparts, such as loans issued by the state. (Xinhua in English 1243 gmt 3 Feb 88)
Ministry circular on safety in production (Excerpt) The Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection issued an urgent circular on 29th January, calling on all localities and units to strengthen safety in production by promptly carrying out safety inspection in enterprises subordinate to localities and units and to set a time limit for remedying any hidden hazards when discovered... (Xinhua in Chinese 1157 gmt 1 Feb 88)
Reducing money supply
(Excerpt) This year the state has decided to increase the amount of loans to be issued by 10% while reducing money supply by nearly one-third compared with last year. Chen Muhua, State Councillor, said at a national meeting of branch directors of the Bank of China on 3rd February that in order to fulfil these two targets, it was
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