MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1934
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NEW TITLES FOR PORT ADVISORY BODIES ******
THE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND MEMBERSHIP, AS WELL AS THE NAMES OF THE THREE COMMITTEES WHICH ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF THE PORTS OF HONG KONG HAVE BEEN REVISED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF NEW CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE THREE COMMITTEES ARE THE PORT COMMITTEE, THE PORT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE CONTAINER PORT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THEY HAVE BEEN RENAMED THE PORTS COMMITTEE, THE PORTS OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND THE CONTAINER PORT COMMITTEE RESPECTIVELY, TO REFLECT MORE ACCURATELY THE SCOPE OF THEIR WORK.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE PORT COMMITTEE AND PORT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WERE SET UP IN THE 1940'S AND THE IR TERMS OF REFERENCE WERE LAST EXAMINED AND REVISED IN 1963.
THE CONTAINER PORT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF 1982 AS A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE PORT COMMITTEE.
ONLY MINOR CHANGES ARE MADE TO THE IR TERMS OF REFERENCE WHICH ARE STILL RELEVANT BUT THE REORGANISED PORTS COMMITTEE WILL NOW ADVISE THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES AND NOT THE GOVERNOR.
+SINCE 1963 THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE, THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH WAS THE APPOINTMENT OF BRANCH SECRETARIES. IT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT THE COMMITTEE SHOULD GIVE ITS ADVICE TO THE RELEVANT POLICY SECRETARY INSTEAD OF THE GOVERNOR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE PORTS OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVISE THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, AND ITS NEW TITLE CORRECTLY REFLECTS ITS ADVISORY BUT NON-EXECUTIVE ROLE, HE SAID.
THE CONTAINER PORT COMMITTEE WILL NO LONGER BE INCLUDED IN THE PURVIEW OF THE PORTS COMMITTEE BUT WILL BECOME A COMMITTEE IN ITS OWN RIGHT. ITS NEW NAME ALSO SIGNIFIES THAT IT HAS NO EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, AND IT WILL ADVISE THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES INSTEAD OF THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE.
+ THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE THREE COMMITTEES HAS ALSO BEEN UPDATED TO ENSURE THAT ALL RELEVANT INTERESTS ARE FULLY REPRESENTED. ON THE OFFICIAL SIDE, THERE ARE ALSO CHANGES TO PROVIDE FOR APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATION BY THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS ON THE COMMITTEES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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