WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1983
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BILL TO MAKE PENSIONS ELIGIBLE FOR INCREASES
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THE PENSIONS (INCREASE) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1983, WAS INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE HON MARTIN ROWLANDS SAID THE BILL SEEKS TO MAKE CERTAIN PENSIONS ELIGIBLE FOR PENSION INCREASES.
+FOLLOWING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 18 OF THE PENSIONS ORDINANCE IN JUNE 1980, MALE CHILDREN AGED OVER 18 AND FEMALE CHILDREN AGED OVER 21 ÓF SERVING OFFICERS WHO DIE AS A RESULT OF THE IR DUTIES MAY BE GRANTED PENSIONS UNTIL THEY REACH THE AGE OF 23, PROVIDED THEY ARE RECEIVING FULL TIME EDUCATION. +HOWEVER, NO PROVISION WAS MADE AT THE TIME FOR SUCH PENSIONS TO ATTRACT PENSION INCREASES, MR ROWLANDS SAID.
+THIS BILL REMEDIES THE POSITION BY MAKING SUCH PENSIONS ELIGIBLE FOR PENSION INCREASES, AS IS ALREADY THE CASE WITH ALL OTHER PENSIONS PAID TO DEPENDANTS OF FORMER OFFICERS, HE EXPLAINED.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 9 OR 10.
BILL TO GIVE BUILDING AUTHORITY MORE POWERS
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THE BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT)(NO. 2) BILL 1983 WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON CHAN NAI-KEONG, SAID THE BILL SEEKS TO GIVE THE BUILDING AUTHORITY POWERS TO DEAL WITH BUILDING WORKS,
IN THE SAME MANNER AS HE IS EMPOWERED TO DEAL WITH DANGEROUS BUILDINGS.
THESE WORKS INCLUDE SCAFFOLDING AND SHORING WHICH HAVE BECOME DANGEROUS AND OVER WHICH THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CONTROL.
MR CHAN SAID THAT THE NEW BILL ALSO SEEKS TO ENABLE THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN THE CLOSURE OF A BUILDING, OR PART OF A BUILDING, WHICH IS NOT IN ITSELF DANGEROUS.
THIS IS TO ALLOW THE AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT WORK IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS STATUTORY POWERS, SUCH AS THE DEMOLITION OF UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURES, WITHOUT DANGER TO THE OCCUPANTS OR TO THE PUBLIC, MR CHAN EXPLAINED.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 9 OR 10.