WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1934
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BILL PROVIDES USE OF EXPERTISE
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THE STAMP DUTY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984 WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON DONALD LIAO, POINTED OUT THAT APPEALS UNDER THE STAMP DUTY ORDINANCE SOMETIMES INVOLVE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS REGARDING THE VALUE OF LAND.
+SOME MEMBERS OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL HAVE THE EXPERTISE WHICH WOULD ASSIST IN RESOLVING THOSE PROBLEMS.
+THIS BILL ENABLES THE DISTRICT COURT TO CALL UPON THAT EXPERTISE IN DECIDING IN THOSE APPEALS, + MR LIAO SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
REVIEW POWER SOUGHT ***
THE LANDS TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984, WHICH AIMS AT ENABLING THE TRIBUNAL TO RECEIVE AND HEAR EVIDENCE ON REVIEW, WAS READ A SECOND TIME IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MOVING THE BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON DONALD LIAO SAID THE BILL WOULD MAKE THE POWERS OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL IN THIS REGARD CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OF THE DISTRICT COURT.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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HOLIDAY FOR WORKERS ***
THE PURPOSE OF THE EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1964 10 TO BRING THE RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE INTO LINE WITH THE HOLIDAYS ORDINANCE, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON RON BRIDGE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. MR BRIDGE SAID THE HOLIDAYS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED LAST YEAR TO ENABLE THE MONDAY FOLLOWING THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY TO BE CELEBRATED AS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY.
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DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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