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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1985
HIGHLIGHTING TWO POINTS ABOUT THE DRAFT REGULATIONS, MR CHAMBERS SAID THEY WOULD INITIALLY APPLY ONLY TO THE TOLO HARBOUR AND CHANNEL WATER CONTROL ZONE, THE ONLY ZONE SO FAR DECLARED UNDER THE ORDINANCE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS THE INTENTION TO DECLARE OTHER WATER CONTROL ZONES IN THE FUTURE IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE GAINED IN THE TOLO AREA.
+SECONDLY, DETAILED GUIDANCE NOTES, IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH, WILL BE ISSUED TO HELP INDUSTRIALISTS TO COMPLETE THE NECESSARY APPLICATION FORMS,+ MR CHAMBERS SAID.
IN ADDITION, SEMINARS WOULD BE ORGANISED TO EXPLAIN THE OPERATION OF THE LEGISLATION, AND THE AUTHORITY WOULD ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO ASSIST APPLICANTS IN THE COMPLETION OF FORMS, HE SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED
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A TEMPORARY BILL, CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF AN URBAN COUNCILLOR AND FOUR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, WAS TAKEN THROUGH ALL ITS STAGES AT ONE SITTING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
EXPLAINING THE URGENCY OF THE PUBLIC BODIES (CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTED MEMBERS) (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) BILL 1985, THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, THE HON PETER TSAO, SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT THE FIVE PERSONS HAD NOT FIRST GONE THROUGH THE REQUIREMENT OF REGISTERING AS ELECTORS IN TERMS OF THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS ORDINANCE.
AND THE ADMINISTRATION, HE SAID, ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE +UNFORTUNATE OVERSIGHT+,
HE SAID THAT THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE FIVE MEMBERS DID NOT INVALIDATE ANY ACTS ALREADY PERFORMED BY THEM IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BODIES.
+THIS IS SO BECAUSE IN BOTH THE URBAN COUNCIL ORDINANCE AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS ORDINANCE, THERE IS A PROVISION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS OF ANY MEMBER ACTING AS SUCH SHALL, NOTWITHSTANDING HIS WANT OF QUALIFICATION OR DISQUALIFICATION, BE AS VALID AND EFFECTUAL AS IF HE HAD BEEN QUALIFIED, + MR TSAO SAID.
AR TSAO
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