HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
香港立法局
19 July 1989
一九八九年七月十九日
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Ordinance (Cap. 142)
Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations (Cap. 295, sub. leg.)
In section 2, in the definition of
"Secretary", repeal "Municipal
Services" and substitute "Recreation and Culture".
(a) In regulation 184, repeal
"Municipal Services" and substitute "Recreation and Culture"; and
(b) in the Second Schedule, repeal
"Municipal Services" where it occurs in relation to regulation 59 and substitute "Recreation and Culture"."
CHIEF SECRETARY: Sir, I rise to move the motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. This motion arises from the proposal to create a Recreation and Culture Branch to improve co-ordination of the activities of the various organizations involved in the field of sports, recreation and culture. The new branch will take over some of the existing responsibilities of the Municipal Services Branch, such as culture and recreation, sports, antiquities and country parks management, and some of the existing responsibilities of the Administrative Services and Information Branch, such as broadcasting, entertainment and censorship policy. The remainder of these two branches' responsibilities will be transferred to other branches and units. Administrative Services and Information Branch will cease to exist on 1 September 1989.
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To enable the new Secretary for Recreation and Culture to assume his role with effect from 1 September 1989, certain statutory functions need to be transferred to him. These statutory functions are set out in the motion and the attached schedules.
Sir, I beg to move.
Question on the motion proposed, put and agreed to.
TELEPHONE ORDINANCE
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY moved the following motion: