HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 11 January 1989
香港立法局 一九八九年一月十一日
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income is expected as a result of A-Levels being available in both languages. The Higher Level Examination will need to be retained until all Chinese middle schools are able to operate two-year sixth forms. Any period of overlap between the abolition of Higher Levels, which the authority runs at a substantial loss, and the introduction of bilingual A-Levels would impose a considerable extra workload on the authority's staff and would require an increase of about 16% in fees for A-Level examinations.
Government Business
First Reading of Bills
REVISED EDITION OF THE LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988
SUPREME COURT (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988
SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989
Bills read the First time and ordered to be set down for Second Reading pursuant to Standing Order 41(3).
Second Reading of Bills
REVISED EDITION OF THE LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the Second Reading of: "A Bill to amend the Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance".
He said: Sir, I moved the Second Reading of the Revised Edition of the Laws (Amendment) Bill 1988.
In June last year, the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance was amended to permit a change in the format of Ordinances and regulations by eliminating notes from the margin and repositioning marginal notes as section headings.
Section 7(3) of the Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance 1965 requires that, at the beginning of each Ordinance, there shall be set out in the margin a list of all Ordinances that have amended it since it was enacted. The Bill amends