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It recommended that the Branch should consider taking into account the yardstick on fair and proper consultation as set out in its administrative fairness checklist and the guidelines on public consultation circulated by the Government Secretariat in future consultation exercises.
"As far as this project is concerned, all concerned departments have followed the government guidelines for public consultation which are in keeping with the spirit of COMAC's administrative faimess checklist.
"We will consider taking into account the yardstick on fair and proper consultation as set out in the checklist in future," the spokesman said.
The Kowloon Bay Primary Health Care Centre and Nursing Home for the Elderly will provide, upon completion, a wide range of urgently needed medical services for the local community.
These will cover general out-patient consultation, student health service, a day treatment centre for skin diseases and sexually transmitted disease including HIV infection, general radiography service, and a nursing home for 200 places.
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Wider coverage of Textiles Trader Registration Scheme
Legislative amendments to extend the scope of the Textiles Trader Registration Scheme (TTRS) to cover domestic export of stamped or mutilated textile samples and samples valued at US$ 250 or less to the United States were gazetted today (Friday).
The amendments were contained in the Import and Export (General) Regulations (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) Order 1996.
A spokesman for the Trade Department said that under the new arrangements, textiles traders registered under the TTRS would be exempted from the licensing requirements in respect of the exports of these domestic textiles samples. They would only need to submit notifications before exporting the samples.
"To implement the new arrangements, two new Export Notification forms will be introduced. The new forms will shortly be available for sale at the Trade Department," the spokesman said.