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accordingly enacted, which, as its name implies, provides for the establishment of a Tourist Association, and further provides for its constitution and management. As explained in the Ordinance, the objects of this Association will be, inter alia, to endeavour to increase the number of visitors to the Colony, to promote the improvement of facilities for them, to secure overseas publicity for the tourist attractions of the Colony and to further the development of the Colony as a holiday resort.
Radio-activity. Recent years have shown the grave dangers of exposure to radio-activity. The Radiation Ordinance, No. 35, was therefore enacted to ensure, so far as is possible, that the public may be protected against the harmful effects of undue exposure to dangerous radiation, and that the health and safety of persons who may be brought into contact with dangerous radio-activity shall also be protected. The Ordinance provides as a basis for control a system of licensing for the production, dealing in, possession, importa- tion and exportation of radio-active substances and irradiating apparatus. It also provides for the establishment of a Radia- tion Board, which will be the licensing authority and which will be empowered to grant, refuse, cancel, suspend and renew licences. The Board, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council, has the power to make regulations which will cover a very wide field to ensure that all possible pre- cautions will be taken concerning any dealings with radio- active substances.
Road Traffic. The last Ordinance to be enacted this year was the Road Traffic Ordinance, No. 39, which repeals and replaces the Vehicle and Road Traffic Ordinance, (Chapter 220), by a comprehensive Ordinance in substantially modified form, based partly on the old Ordinance and partly on the corresponding legislation in the United Kingdom. Generally speaking there have been increases of penalties as compared with the old Ordinance, these having, in most cases, been brought into line with the corresponding penalties in the