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TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1977
CRIMES (AMENDMENT) BILL IN LEGCO TOMORROW
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A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO OVERHAUL THE LAW RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY RAISING THE PENALTIES WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TOMORROW.
KNOWN AS THE CRIMES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1977, IT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIVE BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE COUNCIL.
DURING QUESTION TIME, A TOTAL OF 20 QUESTIONS, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ALLOWED IN ANY ONE SITTING, WILL BE ASKED BY UNOFFICIALS.
SUBJECTS TO BE RAISED WILL INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS THE EFFICIENT EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, CRIME, THE POLLUTION AND CONSEQUENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD CAUSED BY VEHICLES EMITTING EXCESSIVE SMOKE, THE SHORTAGE OF PILLAR POSTING BOXES, THE NUMBER OF LICENCES GRANTED SO FAR UNDER THE CHILD CARE CENTRE ORDINANCE AND THE ISSUE BY TENDER OF MORE TAXI LICENCES.
DEBATE WILL RESUME ON THE GAMBLING BILL 1976 AND THE POUNDS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1977.
DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE, THE HON. MISS KO SIU-WAH, WILL RAISE THE MATTER OF +FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT EDUCATION+.
PLEASURE CRAFT LICENCES ******
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TODAY REMINDED ALL PLEASURE CRAFT OWNERS THAT THEIR BOATS SHOULD ONLY BE USED AFTER THEY ARE LICENSED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT FAILING TO DO THIS, A PLEASURE BOAT OWNER WAS LIABLE TO BE PROSECUTED AND FINED ON CONVICTION A MAXIMUM OF $1,000.
HE POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (PLEASURE VESSELS) REGULATIONS, WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT IN 1970, ALL PLEASURE CRAFT HAD TO BE LICENSED.
+HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL MANY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW THAT THE LAW REQUIRES THEM TO LICENCE THEIR VESSELS, HE SAID.
THE COST FOR LICENSING RANGE FROM $15 TO $400 DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE VESSEL. LICENCES CAN BE OBTAINED EITHER IN PERSON OR IN WRITING FROM THE SMALL CRAFT LICENSING OFFICE OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AT 102 CONNAUGHT ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
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