WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1991
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BILLS TO PUT HA EMPLOYEES ON PAR WITH CIVIL SERVICE COUNTERPARTS INTRODUCED
AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES
THREE BILLS SEEKING TO EXTEND TO HOSPITAL THE SAME EXEMPTIONS AND CONCESSIONS IN PROFESSIONAL RELATED REQUIREMENTS AS THOSE APPLICABLE TO THEIR UNIVERSITY COUNTERPARTS WERE INTRODUCED INTO THE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
DENTISTS
REGISTRATION
AND
CIVIL SERVICE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
THE THREE BILLS WERE
REGISTRATION BILL 1991 1991, MEDICAL REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT} MEDICAL PROFESSIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1991.
(AMENDMENT} BILL
AND
SUPPLEMENTARY
(AMENDMENT)
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF DENTISTS REGISTRATION
WELFARE, THE HON ELIZABETH BILL 1991, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WONG, SAID:
MEDICAL "THE AIM IS TO MAINTAIN COMPARABILITY OF TREATMENT FOR
IN THE GOVERNMENT, THE PROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITIES AND THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.
AND
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FOR THE SAME REASON, THE OTHER TWO BILLS WERE
AND GIVEN A SECOND READING TODAY.
ALSO INTRODUCED
DEBATES ON THE THREE BILLS WERE ADJOURNED.
FIVE-HOUR DEBATE ON DEATH PENALTY
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THIRTY-TWO LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, INCLUDING THE SECRETARY FOR PENALTY, WHICH SECURITY, SPOKE
IN
A MOTION
DEBATE ON
THE DEATH
LASTED NEARLY FIVE HOURS, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, SPOKE BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.
ON
THE HON KINGSLEY SIT WAS NOT HON MARTIN LEE WAS
THE ORIGINAL MOTION MOVED BY CARRIED, WHILE AN AMENDMENT MOTION MOVED BY THE PASSED.
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MR LEE'S AMENDMENT MOTION READ: "THAT, IN VIEW OF BOTH THE NEED TO DETER AND PREVENT CRIME AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG MAINTAINING COMMUNITY, THIS COUNCIL THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF A MODERN, HUMANE URGES THE GOVERNMENT TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPABILITY OF THE POLICE FORCE BE INTRODUCED TO FIGHT CRIME AND CALLS FOR LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO INTO THIS COUNCIL WHICH WOULD ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY AND REPLACE IT WITH LIFE IMPRISONMENT".
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