A SENIOR administrator with proven experience and management skills should be appointed to reform the judiciary and bolster its efficiency, Legislative Councillors said yesterday.
Councillors said they were unhappy about the long waiting time before cases were heard.
The legal profession's representative, Mr Simon Ip Sik-on, warned that the reputation of Hongkong's legal system would be tarnished if the Government continued to dodge the need to amend the judiciary's bureaucracy.
Mr Ip's suggestion to appoint an administrator was supported by his Legco colleagues, especially those in the legal profession.
Legislator Mr Moses Cheng Mo-chi said the proposal sounded a reasonable way to tackle the problem but added: ''It is not a question of resources, or whether information technology is applied. There is a need for fundamental changes to the judicial system.'' Mr Cheng said a number of areas should be identified for the administrator to consider.
''Complaints have been received from members of the judiciary, legal practitioners and court users but these have not been addressed,'' he said.