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"IT SETS OUT THE AIMS, FUNCTIONS AND
POWERS OF THE COUNCIL,
GOVERNOR, AND
PROVIDES FOR APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER BY THE LAYS DOWN PROCEDURES AT MEETINGS.
APPOINT ITS OWN STAFF,
MR CHAMBERS SAID.
AS
"IT ALSO EMPOWERS THE COUNCIL TO WELL AS FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING ARRANGEMENTS,
THE COUNCIL WOULD BE SUBVENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND A SUM OF $1.2 MILLION HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S ESTIMATES, HE ADDED.
COUNCIL WILL RELIEVE THE
"ALTHOUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
THE EXECUTIVE
OF
OF SOME GOVERNMENT ANTI-SMOKING MEASURES, THE
SECRETARY FOR
WITH
WILL
IN
THIS
MR CHAMBERS
CONNECTED DUTIES
AND WELFARE HEALTH
POLICY GOVERNMENT'S REMAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR FORMULATING THE AREA AND FOR ENSURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT POLICY, SAID.
THE DEBATE ON THIS MOTION WAS ADJOURNED.
SEVEN BILLS PASSED
SEVEN BILLS WERE PASSED MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
INTO
LAW IN THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL
THEY ARE:
BILL 1987; PREVENTION OF AGAINST
AUTHORITY BROADCASTING
1987; INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION
BRIBERY { AMENDMENT) BILL CORRUPTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987; SUPREME COURT (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987; WEIGHTS AND PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES AMENDMENT) BILL 1987; MEASURES BILL 1987; AND EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987.
FOR FIRST AND SECOND ON SMOKING AND COUNCIL
HEALTH BILL 1987 AND PRISONERS (RELEASE WERE ON
THREE BILLS DEBATE
THE
MEANWHILE, THREE BILLS WERE INTRODUCED READINGS TODAY. THEY ARE: HONG KONG BILL 1987; BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT} UNDER SUPERVISION) ADJOURNED.
1987. BILL
A
SITTING. BUT MOTIONS IN TODAY'S MEMBERS ALSO APPROVED SIX
OF 3(A)(VII)
THE FILM MEMBER'S MOTION SEEKING TO DELETE REGULATION CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS 1987 WAS DEFEATED.
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