WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1983
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TWO MOTIONS APPROVED
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON APPROVED TWO MOTIONS MOVED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE.
ON THE MOTION ON DELEGATION OF FINANCIAL POWERS, SIR JOHN SAID THE PURPOSE WAS FORMALLY TO RESCIND THE RESOLUTION PASSED 10 YEARS AGO IN WHICH POWERS TO APPROVE PROVISION IN ADDITION TO THE APPROVED ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE WERE DELEGATED TO SPECIFIED PUBLIC OFFICERS.
+THESE DELEGATIONS HAVE BEEN SUPERSEDED IN PRACTICE BY A NEW SET OF DELEGATED POWERS TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ESTIMATES APPROVED ON MARCH 9, 1983, BY FINANCE COMMITTEE UNDER THE PUBLIC FINANCE ORDINANCE,+ HE SAID.
ON THE OTHER MOTION, SIR JOHN SAID THE PURPOSE WAS TO SEEK THE COVERING APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE WRITE-OFFS MADE DURING THE 1982-83 FINANCIAL YEAR AND FOR ONE WRITE-OFF IN 1981-82.
HE ADDED THAT THE WRITE-OFFS HAD INDIVIDUALLY BEEN AUTHORISED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
BILL ON TYPHOON DAYS IN LEGAL TIME COMPUTATION
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A BILL WHICH PROPOSES THAT TYPHOON DAYS SHOULD BE DEALT WITH IN THE SAME WAY AS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE EXISTING INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE WAS MOVED THROUGH ITS FIRST AND SECOND READINGS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
/VARIOUS ORDINANCES ...