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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1994
MR SUEN POINTED OUT THAT ALL CEMETERIES IN HONG KONG, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, WERE REGULATED BY AND CONTROLLED UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION.
LITTLE DISTINCTION
OF THE THE
IS MADE BETWEEN THE POWERS AUTHORITIES IN RESPECT OF PUBLIC CEMETERIES AND THOSE OF COMMISSION IN RESPECT OF ITS CEMETERIES.
"HOWEVER, IN PRACTICE,
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY INTERFERENCE WITH THE COMMISSION'S INDEPENDENT OPERATION.
"ALL ESSENTIAL OPERATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS RELATING TO RUNNING OF THE TWO CEMETERIES IN QUESTION ARE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION, MR SUEN SAID.
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THE AMENDMENT BILL, THEREFORE, IS INTENDED TO GIVE LEGISLATIVE EFFECT TO THIS ESTABLISHED PRACTICE, HE ADDED.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
BILL TO MERGE SPORTS BODIES PASSED
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THE HONG KONG SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 WHICH SEEKS TO MERGE THE HONG KONG SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD (SDB) AND THE HONG KONG SPORTS INSTITUTE (HKSI), WAS PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE BILL, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR PAUL LEUNG, SAID THE MERGE PROVIDED FOR AN EFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE MACHINERY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS IN HONG KONG.
THE SEPARATE IMAGE AND IDENTITY OF THE HKST WOULD ALSO BE PRESERVED, HE SAID.
THE HKSI WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE SDB THROUGH A MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WHOSE CHAIRMAN WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. ITS MEMBERS CAN BE DRAWN FROM BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE SDB.
"THE INSTITUTE WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY WITHIN THE OVERALL POLICY PARAMETERS LAID DOWN BY THE SDB," MR LEUNG SAID.
"IT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE AMATEUR SPORTS FEDERATION AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OF HONG KONG (ASFBOC) AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS (NSAS) IN THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IN SPORTS."
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DESPITE THE MERGER, MR LEUNG CONTINUED, THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF ASFLOC AND NSAS AS THE SOLE REPRESENTATIVES OF HONG KONG SPORTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA WOULD BE UPHELD AND THEIR INDEPENDENCE WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.
TURNING TO THE SOB'S INTERFACE WITH THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, LEUNG SAID THE WORK OF THE SDB WOULD COMPLEMENT RATHER THAN OR DUPLICATE THE COUNCILS' FUNCTIONS.
MR
INFRINGE
/THE MUNICIPAL