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"These Ordinances are either obsolete or have been in disuse for many years."
The spokesman said the Bill contained other miscellaneous amendments.
"These include updating the list of practice firing ranges in the Defence (Firing Areas) Ordinance and amending the Protected Places (Safety) Ordinance to bring it into line with the internal orders of the British forces and the Police," he said.
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Slope maintenance works of schools closely monitored
The Government is closely monitoring the progress of slope maintenance works of 19 schools which have potentially dangerous slopes within or in the vicinity of their boundaries, the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Joseph W P Wong, said today (Wednesday).
Fourteen of the schools have been served with the Dangerous Hillside Orders issued under the Building Ordinance and the other five have been or are being affected by substandard public slopes upgraded/being upgraded under the Landslip Preventive Measures Programme.
Mr Wong said remedial works in respect of four schools had been completed.
He said letters had been issued by the Director of Education to all the affected schools advising them to make precautionary arrangements and to keep parents informed of the arrangements as appropriate.
Referring to concerns about compensation under the block insurance policy for aided schools in the event of a landslip accident, Mr Wong said the maximum insured sum in respect of public liability was $7.5 million for any one occurrence.
"The public liability insurance covers the insured school's legal liability for damages in respect of bodily injury to students and other persons (other than employees of the insured school), and loss of or damage to property.
"In addition, the block insurance policy contains a group personal accident insurance specifically for students which covers accidental death and disablement benefit to each student provided that such accident occurs while the student is participating in any school activities.
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