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WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1993
THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 AND THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 EMPOWER THE RESPECTIVE TUNNEL COMPANIES TO MAKE BY-LAWS FOR THE REGULATION OF AUTOMATIC TOLL COLLECTION FACILITIES AT THE TWO TUNNELS.
DEBATE ON THE BILLS WAS ADJOURNED.
0
SINGLE BODY FOR SPORTS PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT
* *
WITH
THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO CREATE A SINGLE STATUTORY BODY OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS AND FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, JAMES SO, SAID.
BOARD
MOVING
MR
DEVELOPMENT
THE SECOND READING OF THE HONG KONG SPORTS
BILL (AMENDMENT)
1993 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (WEDNESDAY), MR SO SAID THE BILL AIMED TO ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH
OF THE HONG KONG SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD (SDB) INTEGRATION HONG KONG SPORTS INSTITUTE (HKSI).
TODAY THE
AND THE
SEPARATE AND THE PROMOTION AND
AT PRESENT, THE BOARD AND THE INSTITUTE ARE TWO
BODIES STATUTORY
RESPONSIBLE FOR DISTINCT DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS IN HONG KONG.
"THIS HAS CREATED SOME PROBLEMS OF CO-ORDINATION, MR SO SAID.
"HAVING
OPERATION
AND
OF
GOVERNMENT PROMOTION
ORGANISATIONS LOOKED AT THE FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND
THE THEM, THESE
IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH TWO BODIES CONSIDERED THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE WIDER INTEREST OF SPORTS AND DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG TO STREAMLINE THE TWO ORGANISATIONS INTEGRATE THEIR MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES."
AND
IN
CERTAIN MANAGEMENT,
WITH THE CREATION OF A UNIFIED BOARD, MR SO SAID, A CENTRALISED APPROACH COULD
BE ADOPTED TO THEN
REMOVE OVERLAPPING FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, PERSONNEL PURCHASING, MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.
CLEAR
LINES OF FOR THE
REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY UNIFIED BODY AND WILL HELP
ΤΟ
WILL ACHIEVE
ALSO BE BETTER
ESTABLISHED VALUE-FOR-MONEY, HE ADDED.
WILL
UNDER THE PROPOSED BILL, THE SCOPE AND POWERS OF THE SDB BE EXPANDED TO ENABLE IT TO TAKE ON THE EXISTING FUNCTIONS OF THE HKSI BOARD.
TO ALLOW THE HKSI TO RETAIN A SEPARATE IMAGE AND IDENTITY, SDB WILL BE REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE INSTITUTE.
THE
FOR
/"THE CHAIRMAN