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LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL

Meeting to be held on Wednesday, 2nd September, 1964, at 2.30 p.m.

ORDER OF BUSINESS

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS.

(1) Supplementary Provisions for the quarter ended 30th June,

1964

The Financial Secretary to move the following resolutim :-

Resolved that the Supplementary Provisions for the quarter.” ended 30th June, 1964, as set out in Schedule No. 1 of 1964-65, be approved.

(2) Supplementary Appropriation (1963–64) Bill, 1964.

The Financial Secretary to move the First reading of :-

A Bill intituled: "An Ordinance to authoriao a

supplementary appropriation to defray the charges of the financial year ended the 31st day of March, 1964"

(3) Dangerous Goods (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 1964.

The Attorney General to move the Second and Third readings of :-

A Bill intituled: "An Ordinance further to amend the

Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1956,"

UNOFFICIAL, MEMBERS' MOTTON.

Chinese Anglican Church Body Incorporation (Amendment)

Bill 1964

Mr. R.C. Lee to move the Second and Third readings of :-

A B11 intituled: "An Ordinance to amend the Chinese

Anglican Church Body Incorporation Ordinance." +

A. CHAPMAN,

DEPUTY CLERK OF COUNCILS,

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CONFIRMATION OF MENDESS OF MEGLING HELD ON 192H AUGUST. 1964-

PARARS TO BE LAID.

QUESTIONS.

(1) Mr. Dhun J, Ruttonjee, pursuant to notice, will ask the

following questions :-

(i) The Report of the Working Party on Export Credit Insurance vas published in June, 1963. Fill Government state whether the delay in implementing the recommendations contained in the Report is due to difficulty in obtaining staff, and if so, whether any consideration has been given to utilising the knowledge and experience that are available in our commercial houses as an interim melaura?

(11) Will Coverment indicate what steps are being taken to prevent a recurrence of the very damaging lundalidea which occurred at Kwun Tong Resettlement Estate recently, and why such steps were not taken in anticipation of the raing, which though heavy were not abnormally ac?

(iii) Since the need for an ambulance is often a matter

of life or death, will Government request the Telephone Company to provide a more easily remembered number for the ambulance service than 237034, it being noted that dialling "999" is not always immediately responsive, the initial number "9" being an extremely busy one?

(iii) Having regard to the general difficulty of obtaining

any telephone number commencing with "g", will Government, in order to speed up its communications, request the Telephone Company to provide it with a more useful commencing number?

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(2) Mr. G.R. Ross, pursuant to notice, will ask the following

question :-

In his reply given on 20th May in Legislative Council to

a question asked by Hon. W.0.G. Knondos, the Hon. Colonial Secretary said, inter alia, that the Standing Committee on Vocational Training and Technical Education had recently completed a review of apprenticeship and made recommendations which included the establishment of an Apprenticeship Board. My Hon. Friend also indicated that it might be possible for the functions of the Apprenticeship Board to be extended to cover all forms of vocational training, and referred to a pilot enquiry by the Labour Department into the vocational training needs of the garment industry, as a result of which proposals had been made to Government,

May I ask whether Government have yet reached conclusions

on these various recommendations and proposals, and when action on this urgent and important matter may be expected?