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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1990
FEE FOR BILINGUAL PRIVATE BILLS
A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO SET A FEE FOR BILINGUAL PRIVATE BILLS WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
"THE PRIVATE BILLS BILL 1990 PROPOSES THAT THE FEE CHARGEABLE
ENGLISH AND CHINESE BE FOR A PRIVATE BILL DRAFTED IN BOTH
SET AT ONLY ONE OF THE $50,000, THAT IS TWICE THAT FOR A BILL DRAFTED IN OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE FEE FOR PRIVATE BILLS DRAFTED IN ONLY ONE LANGUAGE, CURRENTLY $25,000, WOULD NOT BE REVISED FOR THE TIME BEING.
INTRODUCED,
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EXPLAINING THE NEED FOR THE BILL ΤΟ BE SPOKESMAN SAID THE EXISTING PRIVATE BILLS ORDINANCE, WHICH
то BE LEVIED FOR PRIVATE ENACTED IN 1915, ONLY PROVIDED FOR A FEE BILLS DRAFTED IN ONE LANGUAGE.
"FOLLOWING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 4 OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES EXCEPT ORDINANCE WHICH TOOK EFFECT ON APRIL 7, 1989, ALL ORDINANCES, THOSE WHICH ARE URGENT OR ARE TO AMEND EXISTING ORDINANCES, SHOULD ENACTED AND PUBLISHED IN BOTH OFFICIAL LANGUAGES.
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IT 'A NEW FEE HAS TO BE SET SINCE
TAKES MORE TIME FOR THE VET A BILINGUAL BILL THAN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS TO
A BILL DRAFTED IN ONLY ONE OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, HE SAID.
"IN THE CASE OF PRIVATE BILLS FOR SPOKESMAN SAID, "THE CHIEF SECRETARY MAY UPON APPLICATION FROM THE PROMOTER."
THE PRIVATE BILLS BILL 1990 IS DUE TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON MARCH 21.
CHARITABLE PURPOSES,' THE WAIVE PAYMENT OF THE FEE
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PRICE, VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN DEC AND IN 1989
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THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS SHOWED LITTLE GROWTH IN THE YEAR 1989 AS COMPARED WITH 1988, WHILE THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS GREW BY PER CENT, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY
CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 10 CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. IMPORTS ALSO INCREASED BY 9 CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
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THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES, HAVING DISCOUNTED THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.
/AS REGARDS