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Amendment of section 27.
3. Section 27(1) of the principal Ordinance is
amended by inserting after "person" the following
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who may be a public officer,
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Explanatory Memorandum
The object of the Bill is to increase the
number of members of the Board of the Hong Kong
Industrial Estates Corporation who are not public
officers. At present, apart from the Chairman and
Chief Executive, there are 6 members, of whom 4 are
public officers. In future there will be 7 members,
of whom not more than 4 will be public officers.
2. The opportunity has been taken to make it
clear the Chief Executive may be a public officer.
3. The Bill has no material public expenditure
or Public Service staffing implications.