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The purpose of the Ordinance is to reconstitute the Provisional Airport Authority to enable it to provide, operate, develop and maintain the new airport at Chek Lap Kok.
The Ordinance also defines the functions of the Airport Authority and makes provision for the safe, secure and efficient operation of the new airport.
End/Wednesday, July 19, 1995
Administration of Justice Bill 1995
Following is the speech by the Attorney General, the Hon Jeremy Mathews, in resumption of the second reading debate of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 1995 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Mr President,
I am grateful to the Chairman of the Bills Committee, the Hon Andrew Wong, and to members of the Bills Committee for their thorough study of this long and complex Bill. I have also taken a careful note of the remarks made by Dr the Hon C.H. Leong and I am happy to give the assurance that he sought.
As Mr Wong has explained, the Administration has agreed with the Bills Committee that a number of amendments to the Bill should be made. As a result, I will be later moving a series of Committee Stage amendments.
In addition to the matters covered by the proposed amendments, members of the Bills Committee raised other issues that were of concern to them.
Female offenders and probationers
One of these issues was the proposed amendment of three Ordinances to remove requirements that the supervising officers of female offenders or probationers must themselves be female. Although members of the Bills Committee supported this amendment as a matter of principle, they were concerned that the assignment of supervising officers to female offenders and probationers should be handled with sensitivity. In particular, members were concerned that, if the female to be supervised objected to a male supervisor, this objection should be considered seriously before a supervisor was chosen. The view was expressed that these amendments should not be regarded as a matter of operational efficiency, but as a means whereby flexibility is introduced in the interests of those being supervised.