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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1990
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PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN ON ELECTRICITY BILL'S PROVISIONS
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A SUSTAINED PROGRAMME OF EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY WILL BE DRAWN UP IN CONSULTATION WITH RELEVANT PARTIES REGARDING THE PROVISIONS IN THE ELECTRICITY BILL 1989, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON ANSON CHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE BILL, MRS CHAN SAID THE PROGRAMME WOULD ALSO COVER THE SIX SETS OF REGULATIONS WHICH WOULD EMBODY THE TECHNICAL AND DETAILED MEASURES TO GIVE FULL EFFECT TO THE BILL.
SHE SAID SHE WAS GRATEFUL TO PROF THE HON
C.K. POON AND HIS COLLEAGUES ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AD HOC GROUP FOR THEIR PAINSTAKING EXAMINATION OF THE BILL AND FOR THEIR USEFUL TO IMPROVE BOTH THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE VERSIONS OF IT.
SUGGESTIONS
ON CERTAIN KEY MRS CHAN SAID, ELECTRICAL AND THE DISCIPLINARY ENHANCE THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE
NOTING THE AD HOC GROUP'S MAIN COMMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE BILL AS HIGHLIGHTED BY PROF POON, FIRSTLY, THE SUGGESTION THAT THE DIRECTOR OF MECHANICAL SERVICES SHOULD NOT BE A MEMBER OF TRIBUNAL SHOULD, AS SHE ACCEPTED, TRIBUNAL.
"SECONDLY, THE PROPOSED EXEMPTION OF RESEARCH WORKERS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT IN RESPECT OF WORK DONE IN RELATION TO THEIR RESEARCH WOULD REMOVE ANY UNNECESSARY RESTRICTIONS ON RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WITHOUT AT THE SAME TIME INCREASING THE LEVEL OF RISK INVOLVED," SHE ADDED.
THE SECRETARY NOTED THAT THESE AMENDMENTS, TOGETHER WITH OTHER AMENDMENTS WHICH WOULD BE MOVED DURING THE COMMITTEE STAGE BY PROF POON, THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG AND THE HON MIRIAM LAU, HAD THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
MRS CHAN EXPLAINED THAT SUBSEQUENT ΤΟ THE GAZETTING OF THE BILL, THE ADMINISTRATION HAD RECEIVED FURTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FROM VARIOUS PARTIES CONCERNED.
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"IT HAS ALSO BECOME APPARENT THAT A NUMBER OF CLAUSES SHOULD BE REFINED TO PUT BEYOND DOUBT THEIR INTENDED PURPOSES, SHE SAID.
ACCORDINGLY, SHE WOULD MOVE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS IN THE COMMITTEE
STAGE.
WHILST MOST OF THEM WERE TECHNICAL IN NATURE, ONE RELATED THE PROPOSAL FOR THE DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL AND THE APPEAL BOARD TO EMPOWERED TO AWARD COSTS IN RESPECT OF THEIR PROCEEDINGS.
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