WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1994
IN ADDITION, THE AMENDMENTS PROVIDE THAT IT SHALL BE A "CORRUPT
FOR
CANDIDATE TO ACCEPT A BRIBE
PRACTICE" ELECTION.
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BILL SETS OUT MORE CANDIDATE AND OTHER
LIABILITIES OP A EXPENSES ON HIS BEHALF.
EVENT "THIS WILL FACILITATE ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION IN THE
MR NG SAID. THAT THE PRESCRIBED ELECTION EXPENSES LIMIT IS EXCEEDED,
OF
AMENDMENTS ARE ALSO PROPOSED REGARDING THE PUBLICATION ELECTION MATERIAL AND PERFORMANCE REPORTS, AS WELL AS DISQUALIFICATION PROVISIONS.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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BILL ON CLOSING WELLS AND ENERGY CONSERVATION
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A BILL SEEKING TO UPDATE THE BUILDING ORDINANCE AND TO INTRODUCE NEW PROVISIONS FOR CLOSING WELLS AND TO PROMOTE ENERGY CONSERVATION IN BUILDINGS WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
COUNCIL
BILL
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT) 1994, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID THE BILL PROVIDED FOUR SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENTS.
FIRSTLY,
THE BILL PROPOSED TO INTRODUCE A NEW SYSTEM IN WHICH THE GOVERNOR WOULD APPOINT A PANEL OF PERSONS FROM WHICH TRIBUNALS COULD BE SELECTED TO HEAR APPEALS AGAINST THE BUILDING AUTHORITY'S DECISION.
SUCH TRIBUNALS WOULD BE INDEPENDENT AND
IMPARTIAL AND THE
GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL WOULD NOT BE EMPOWERED TO REVIEW THEIR
DETERMINATIONS.
SECONDLY, THE BILL ALSO PROPOSED TO AUTHORISE THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS TO MAKE REGULATIONS TO CONTROL THE OVERALL THERMAL TRANSFER VALUE OF ALL NEW COMMERCIAL AND HOTEL BUILDINGS TO PROMOTE ENERGY CONSERVATION.
MR EASON SAID THE BUILDING (ENERGY EFFICIENCY) REGULATIONS WOULD SET OUT PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFECTED BUILDINGS AND REQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SUCH MATTERS AS MATERIALS USED IN EXTERNAL WALLS AND THE SIZE AND DISPOSITION OF WINDOWS.
THIRDLY, IT PROPOSED TO EMPOWER THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TO CLOSE WELLS IN NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES IN ORDER TO STOP THE ABSTRACTION OF GROUNDWATER, WHICH MAY CAUSE BUILDINGS TO BECOME UNSAFE.
/FOURTHLY, MR