WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1980
19
HISTORICAL ARTEFACTS ARE PRESERVED AND EXHIBITED
****
IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO ENSURE THAT ITEMS OF KISTORICAL INTEREST ARE PRESERVED AND KEPT ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON DENIS BRAY SAID IN RÉPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE REV THE HON JOYCE BENNETT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MR BRAY POINTED OUT THAT THE PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENT OF THIS POLICY WAS THE URBAN COUNCIL'S MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND THE GOVERNMENT ARCHIVIST ALSO PRESERVED PRINTED AND WRITTEN MATERIAL RELATING TO HONG KONG'S HISTORY.
AS TO THE MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, PRESERVATION OF WHICH WAS RAISED BY MISS BENNETT, MR BRAY SAID IT WAS A RATHER SPECIALISED COLLECTION WHICH WOULD NOT IN THE NORMAL WAY FORM PART OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S MUSEUM OF HISTORY.
+ITS PRESENT HOME IN POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS BADLY NEEDED FOR OFFICE SPACE AND THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HAS MADE PROPOSALS FOR A NEW PLACE OF DISPLAY.
+HE HAS ALSO RECEIVED THE OFFER OF A DONATION FROM A PRIVATE SOURCE TO FIT OUT THE NEW MUSEUM WHEN THE SPACE HAS BEEN ALLOCATED. IN THE MEANT IME THE EXHIBITS WILL BE KEPT INTACT AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS,+ MR BRAY SAID.
FACTORY CANTEEN LICENCE APPLICATIONS
*****
OUT OF A TOTAL OF 185 APPLICATIONS FOR CANTEEN LICENCES RECEIVED SINCE AUGUST 1 THIS YEAR, 48 HAVE BEEN REJECTED AND THE REMAINING 137 ARE STILL BEING PROCESSED, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON DEREK JONES SAID TODAY.
RYANA:
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ALLEN LEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR JONES SAID LICENCES FOR FACTORY CANTEENS WERE PROVIDED FOR UNDER AMENDMENTS TO THE FOOD BUSINESS BY-LAWS AND THE FOOD BUSINESS (NEW TERRITORIES) REGULATIONS, MADE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON THAT DATE.
BILLS PASSED
***
FOUR BILLS COMPLETED THE IR COMMITTEE STAGE AND THIRD READING AND WERE PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THEY WERE THE PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) BILL 1980, SUMMARY OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1980, TRADE DESCRIPTIONS BILL 1980, AND THE UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1980.
/20
Page 20Page 21