WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1987
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ADDITIONAL EX-OFFICIO MEMBER FOR CEMETERIES MANAGEMENT BOARD
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THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES WILL BECOME AN ADDITIONAL EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF THE CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERIES FOLLOWING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERIES ORDINANCE.
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIÃO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO ENSURE THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD REMAINED NOT LESS THAN 12 NOR MORE THAN 20.
+AT PRESENT. THE BOARD MANAGES THREE CEMETERIES LOCATED AT ABERDEEN, TSUEN WAN AND CHAI WAN.
+A NEW SITE AT JUNK BAY HAS BEEN GRANTED TO THE BOARD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CEMETERY WHICH WILL COME INTO OPERATION IN 1989, MR LIAO SA ID,
+THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES IS EXPECTED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY INVOLVED IN THE BOARD'S ACTIVITIES, THEREFORE IT WAS PROPOSED THAT HE SHOULD BE MADE AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER, HE ADDED.
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IS THE EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WHILE THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS AND THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES ARE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.
THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES EXERCISES SUPERVISORY CONTROL ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN COUNCIL OVER PRIVATE CEMETERIES IN THE URBAN AREA, WHILE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, A SIMILAR FUNCTION IS PERFORMED BY THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
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