WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986
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AMENDMENT PROVIDES CONSISTENCY
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS A SUGGESTION BY A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AD HOC GROUP THAT A CLAUSE IN THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986 BE AMENDED IN RELATION TO THE CONCEPT OF JOINT POSSESSION+.
MOVING AN AMENDMENT TO CLAUSE 13 OF THE BILL AT THE
COMMITTEE STAGE, MR JACOBS SAID THE AD HOC GROUP WHICH SCRUTINISED THE BILL SUGGESTED THE AMENDMENT SO THAT ITS PROVISIONS IN RESPECT OF THE JOINT POSSESSION OF GOODS WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO ALL THE SUB-SECTIONS IN SECTION 17 OF THE ORDINANCE.
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+THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW FOR CONSISTENT TREATMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF JOINT POSSESSION AND FACILITATE THE ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 17,+ HE SAID.
MR JACOBS THANKED MEMBERS FOR SUGGESTING THE AMENDMENT.
SUPPORT FOR DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS TO CONTINUE
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THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS' CORPORATIONS AND AREA COMMITTEES, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON POON CHI-FAI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR LIAO SAID A RECENT IN-DEPTH STUDY ON THEIR FUNCTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT HAD CONFIRMED THE CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH ORGANISATIONS AND THEIR USEFULNESS IN MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN.
THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT THE CURRENT POLICY OF PROVIDING SUPPORT SHOULD CONTINUE.
+HOWEVER, OWING TO BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY ASSISTANCE ONLY THROUGH REDEPLOYMENT OF EXISTING RESOURCES,
+THIS IS UNSATISFACTORY AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WILL BE SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION,+ HE ADDED.
/MR LIAO