Past letter to Chief Executive of HKSAR (legal aid)

Dear Chief Executive of HKSAR,

I refer to the issue raised by Dr. Hon. Priscilla Leung Mei-fun during your Policy Speech in Legislative Council, about the "Insufficient Legal Assistance for those whose comprehensive assets exceed about HK$160,000".

Unfortunately, at the time Dr. Leung's question was not directly addressed.

Thanks for Priscilla's concern and her action in bring up such an important matter to the attention of the Chief Executive of HKSAR.

I am one of the those citizens whose comprehensive assets exceed the threshold of the Legal Aid Department and thus, I am not eligible to apply legal aid.

On understanding that I cannot bear the court fee in case of failure in litigation, I dare not launch the legal Judicial Review against the decison of your semi-governmental body, the Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong despite how unfair and unreasonable of that decision it is.

May I suggest that Mr. Chief Executive, if you win:
do not recourse back all the court fee against the claimants

In doing so, the grievances in the society would be much lower and a more harmonious society will be more highly likely to appear.

Hope that you may consider.

Thank you.
camson tang