MOTION ON PUBLIC FUNDS PASSED
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1993
THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PASSED A MOTION PROVIDING FUNDS ON ACCOUNT TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT ΤΟ CARRY ON EXISTING SERVICES BETWEEN THE START OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR ON APRIL 1 AND THE ENACTMENT OF THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
THE FUNDS AMOUNT TO ABOUT $50.6 BILLION.
THE MOTION WAS MOVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY, MR K Y YEUNG UNDER THE PUBLIC FINANCE ORDINANCE.
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PARENT AND CHILD BILL PASSED
THE PARENT AND CHILD BILL, WHICH AIMED AT ILLEGITIMATE CHILD WOULD, SO FAR AS PRACTICABLE, LAW IN THE SAME
AS A LEGITIMATE CHILD, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WAY
ENSURING THAT AN BE TREATED
BY
THE WAS PASSED IN THE
BILL, THE ATTORNEY RANGE OF
MAINTENANCE
SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE OF THE GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID THE SAME ORDERS WAS MADE AVAILABLE IN RESPECT OF BOTH LEGITIMATE AND BY AMENDING THE GUARDIANSHIP OF MINORS
ILLEGITIMATE ORDINANCE.
CHILDREN
ORIGINALLY THE BILL SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSE OF THE MAINTENANCE ORDERS BY AMENDMENTS TO
PROVIDING AFFILIATION PROCEEDINGS
THE
ORDINANCE.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE BILL WAS BEING STUDIED, IT THAT THE AFFILIATION PROCEEDINGS
BECAME APPARENT ORDINANCE MIGHT CONTAIN THAT WERE INCONSISTENT WITH THE BILL OF RIGHTS, MR MATHEWS SAID.
PROVISIONS
HAD THEREFORE PROCEEDINGS WOULD REMAIN
HE SAID THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE DECIDED TO CARRY OUT AN OVERALL REVIEW OF THE AFFILIATION ORDINANCE AS A MATTER OF PRIORITY WHILE THIS UNAMENDED.
ORDINANCE
INSTEAD THE GUARDIANSHIP OF MINORS ORDINANCE ACHIEVE
WAS THE
AMENDED INTENTION
TO OF MAKING AVAILABLE MAINTENANCE ORDERS TO LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
THE SAME RANGE OF
MR MATHEWS ALSO NOTED THAT SOME MEMBERS OF GROUP STUDYING THE BILL HAD EXPRESSED RESERVATIONS ON CLAUSES 9 TO
THE LEGCO AD HOC OF THE BILL, WHICH REFERRED TO SURROGACY AND ABOUT THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OR
OTHER
THIS
WAS AN AREA
OF
THE LAW WHICH RAISED
ETHICS
AND MORALITY.
12 BIRTHS BROUGHT SCIENTIFIC MEANS AS SENSITIVE ISSUES OF
/HE REITERATED