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FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1980
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE MAJOR PRINCIPLE OF THE LEGISLATION WOULD BE ITS FLEXIBILITY.
+CONTROL MEASURES WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED BY STAGES, WITH AREAS BEING DESIGNATED AND CERTAIN TYPES OF INDUSTRY CONTROLLED AT SPECIFIC TIMES, HE SAID.
HE ALSO STRESSED THAT IF ANY PART OF THE WATERS OF HONG KONG WERE IN SUCH A CONDITION AS TO BE A DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH, EXEMPTIONS AND LICENCES COULD BE EITHER CANCELLED OR AMENDED.
+ IT IS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL THAT GOVERNMENT RETAINS THE RIGHT TO CANCEL OR VARY A LICENCE SO AS TO MEET NEW DEVELOPMENTS OR RECTIFY ERRORS IN GRANTING SUCH A LICENCE IN THE FIRST PLACE, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
IF IT WERE FOUND NECESSARY TO DO SO A PROVISION IN THE BILL WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION.
PROVISIONS FOR APPEALS WOULD BE BROADLY IN LINE WITH THOSE INCORPORATED IN THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE 1980 INCLUDING PROVISION FOR THE SETTING UP OF AN APPEALS BOARD TO CONSIDER GRIEVANCES IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW CONTROLS. AS IN THE CASE OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS BILL WILL APPLY ALSO TO THE CROWN,
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT CONSULTATIONS ON THE BILL HAD BEEN HELD WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BODIES REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRY SUCH AS THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRY AND THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION AND WITHIN GOVERNMENT
ITSELF.
PROPOSED BAN ON PYRAMID SELLING
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A BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO PROHIBIT PYRAMID SELLING IN HONG KONG.
THE PYRAMID SELLING PROHIBITION BILL 1980, PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DEFINES PYRAMID SELLING AND MAKES IT AN OFFENCE TO PROMOTE SUCH A SELLING SCHEME.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT A PYRAMID SELLING SCHEME IS A SCHEME FOR THE SALE OF GOODS OR SERVICES WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING FEATURES -
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