WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1984
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THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED IN CLAUSES 2 AND 3 SEEK TO EMPOWER THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE TO REQUIRE THE PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE VALUE OF DUTIABLE GOODS, WHILE CLAUSE 4 ADDS A NEW SECTION 26A WHICH PROVIDES CRITERIA FOR DUTY VALUATION PURPOSES.
+UNDER THE BILL, THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE HAS THE AUTHORITY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO FIX A VALUE FOR DUTY PURPOSES AND THERE IS A PROVISION UNDER SECTION 26A(7) FOR AN APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR AGAINST HIS DECISION,+ SIR JOHN SAID.
ALSO INTRODUCED INTO THE COUNCIL TODAY IS DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1984, WHICH SEEKS TO AMEND THE MINIMUM REQUIRED STRENGTH FOR WHISKY AND RUM FROM 43 PER CENT TO 42 PER CENT OF ETHYL ALCOHOL BY VOLUME.
THIS IS TO CORRECT A TECHNICAL ERROR FOLLOWING THE METRICATION OF THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE, SIR JOHN EXPLAINED.
DEBATE ON BOTH BILLS WERE ADJOURNED.
REGULATION 98 PROVIDES SAFEGUARD HAYE
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THERE WAS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE PROMOTION OF POLITICAL AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE AMONG PUPILS, AND THE USE OF POLITICAL PROPAGANDA TO INDOCTRINATE AND SUBVERT, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON COLVYN HAYE SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS RITA FAN, CONCERNING +REGULATION 98 OF THE EDUCATION REGULATIONS+, MR HAYE SAID IT +PROHIBITS CURRICULAR AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND THE MANIFESTATIONS OF ACTIVITIES WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, ARE PREJUDICIAL TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST OR THE WELFARE OF PUPILS OR OF EDUCATION GENERALLY.+
+ IN OTHER WORDS, THE REGULATION IS A SAFEGUARD AGAINST THE POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION AND SUBVERSION OF PUPILS AND EDUCATION, + HE SAID.
THIS SAFEGUARD WAS ENTIRELY COMPATIBLE WITH THE PLANS AND PROGRAMMES HE HAD OUTLINED AT THE LAST TWO MEETINGS TO PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN POLITICAL AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, MR HAYE SAID.
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