A SPECIAL court dealing with sex discrimination cases is to be set up in Hong Kong, the Government announced yesterday.
A statutory equal opportunities commission will also be established to enforce the bill.
Unveiling the draft Sex Discrimination Bill, the Government proposed setting up the court at District Court level to hear all sex discrimination and sex harassment cases under the bill.
The public can put cases directly to the court in the form of civil litigation to seek compensation.
To help aggrieved parties, the court will be given the discretion of permitting people not legally qualified to address it - meaning staff from the commission will be able to represent complainants in court.
The use of the Chinese language will also be allowed and the court can make orders that litigants need not pay the other side's costs if they lose.