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HE ALSO SAID THE PENALTIES FOR NON-PAYMENT OF BUSINESS REGISTRATION FEES AND BRANCH REGISTRATION FEES HAD BEEN KEPT AT THEIR PRESENT LEVEL SINCE 1975 AND 1984 RESPECTIVELY.
TO PRESERVE THE DETERRENT EFFECT, MR YEUNG SAID THE PENALTIES SHOULD BE INCREASED FROM $50 AND $15 TO $150 AND $60 RESPECTIVELY.
HE ADDED THAT THE REVISIONS WOULD REVENUE OF $68 MILLION A YEAR.
BRING ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENT MOTION ON RETIREMENT PROTECTION PASSED
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AN AMENDMENT MOTION ON RETIREMENT PROTECTION MOVED BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY).
A TOTAL OF 26 MEMBERS SPOKE IN THE DEBATE WHICH LASTED FOR THREE HOURS. THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.
THE ORIGINAL MOTION MOVED BY THE HON HUI YIN-FAT AND ANOTHER AMENDMENT MOTION BY THE HON JD MCGREGOR WERE DEFEATED.
A MOTION ON KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION MOVED RY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG WAS PASSED AFTER A TWO-HOUR DEBATE.
AND
A TOTAL OF 15 MEMBERS SPOKE. THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.
TWO MOTIONS MOVED BY THE HON ELSIE TU UNDER HONG KONG ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS 1917 TO 1991 AND BY THE HON LEE WING-TAT UNDER INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE RESPECTIVELY WERE PASSED.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY REGISTRATION ORDINANCE WAS ALSO
ANOTHER MOTION MOVED BY MR KY YEUNG UNDER THE BUSINESS PASSED.
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