Chief Justice Andrew Cheung has instructed that the Judiciary should immediately review the overall arrangements of handling cases involving a large number of litigants and observers at all levels of courts. The Judiciary made the statement today in response to enquiries on the arrangements for the hearing of a case involving 47 defendants at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, emphasising that the review is subject to the safeguarding of the due administration of justice. The statement pointed out that the courts must adjudicate cases in accordance with the law and court procedures, adding that the courts have always sought to complete the hearing of each case as soon as practicable to ensure efficient administration of justice. Regarding the case in question, the Judiciary explained that all 47 defendants must be heard before the same magistrate according to court procedures as they were charged with the same offence under the same case. The case was first
Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip today visited civil servants working in different positions in the compulsory testing operation at the specified restricted area in Jordan to give them encouragement.
He also visited the command centre to learn more about how colleagues monitored the entire operation and made suitable deployment of supplies and manpower.
Mr Nip noted that about 3,000 civil servants from more than a dozen disciplined services and civilian grades departments took part in the operation.
He said: “These colleagues have worked closely together to perform different tasks, such as patrols, door visits, distribution of supplies, registration or various logistical support.
“The completion of manpower deployment on such a large scale has been completed in a very short time and this hinged on the full support of the department as well as the dedication of the civil service.”
Mr Nip also thanked the public for their co-operation which demonstrated that the community is united in the fight against the epidemic to achieve the goal of zero cases.
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