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1.3
The Interim Report and Consultative Paper
On 21 November 2001, the Interim Report and Consultative Paper ("the Interim
Report") was published. It was made available in print and CD-ROM versions and
also published on the internet. ¹
Its publication was accompanied by a press
conference as well as briefings to members of the Legislative Council's Panel on
Administration of Justice and Legal Services, representatives of the Bar Council, the
Council of the Law Society, the Department of Justice and the local media. Judges
and masters of the High Court and District Court were also briefed.
It was originally intended that the consultation period should last for five months,
ending on 30 April 2002. However, at the request of the Bar Council, this was
extended by two months to the end of June 2002. During the consultation period,
members of the Working Party gave a number of press interviews on the mooted
reforms. They also gave lectures and spoke at seminars involving various interested
bodies, as indicated on our website. Appendix 1
lists the Consultation Activities
undertaken.
Some 5,000 copies of the print version and over 500 CD-ROMs of the Interim Report
were distributed, as were approximately 12,000 copies of the Executive Summary.
The website received over 41,000 hits, including almost 6,000 download hits (over
1,600 of which were for downloading the entire Interim Report).
A total of 96 written submissions were received, ranging from substantial responses by
interested entities discussing the whole range of proposals to individual comments on
particular proposals. They also included a few responses of no relevance to the
consultation exercise. The names and available details of the respondents are listed in
Appendix 2.
Notes
The Working Party's website is at https://www.civiljustice.hk.
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