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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991
TRIGGERED BY THE RESULT OF THE CUMULATIVE GOING ON FOR SEVERAL
"INITIAL FINDINGS ARE THAT THE INCIDENT WAS UNEXPECTED LOOSENING OF A ROCK JOINT AS A EFFECTS OF THE BLASTING NEARBY WHICH HAD BEEN WEEKS, THE SECRETARY SAID.
OLD QUARRY AREA WAS STOPPED MR BARNES SAID BLASTING IN THE
INCIDENT AND
NO FURTHER
WOULD BE BLASTING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PERMITTED AND FUTURE EXCAVATION WOULD BE CARRIED BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS.
SIX BILLS PASSED IN LEGCO
SIX BILLS WERE PASSED INTO LAW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY {WEDNESDAY).
MASS TRANSIT
RAILWAY
AGAINST 1991
THEY WERE RATING LAMENDMENT) (NO.2) BILL 1991,
KOWLOON-CANTON 1991, RAILWAY CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) RILL
COMMISSION INDEPENDENT BILL 1991, (AMENDMENT) CORPORATION CORRUPTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991, HEUNG YEE KUK (AMENDMENT) BILL AND JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE (AMENDMENT) BELL 1991.
MEANWHILE, SIX MOTIONS WERE ALSO PASSED.
THEY
WERE MOVED UNDER
HONG KONG
ORDINANCE,
EXPORT CREDIT
INSURANCE
CORPORATION ORDINANCE, PUBLIC FINANCE ORDINANCE, DUTIABLE COMMODITIES FIXED PENALTY (TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CONTRAVENTIONS) ORDINANCE RESPECTIVELY
(CRIMINAL AND FIXED PENALTY ORDINANCE
+
PROCEEDINGS)
THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1990'S WAS ALSO TARLED IN THE LEGCO.
AND BEYOND
A TOTAL OF 13 MEMBERS SPOKE IN AN ADJOURNMENT DEBATE
MOVED BY "FRANCHISED PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICRS IN HONG KONG”
THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, MIRIAM LAU, SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, BEHALF OF T8E GOVERNMENT.
ON THE THE HON SPOKE ON
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