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Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance.

Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1968 (Commencement) Notice 1958.

Exemption of M. V, Vasco Da Gama Official No. 332470 Port of Registry Hong Kong.

Sessional Papers 1908 :-

No. 27 - Annual Report by the Commissioner of

Inland Revenue for the year 1967-68,

No. 28 - Annual Report by the Director of Civil

Aviation for the year 1967-68.

List of amendments to Standing Orders of the Legislative

Council of Hong Kong.

(b) By Mr. A. M. J. Wright

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Report by Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith and Associates:

Hong Kong Long Term Road Study.

QUESTIONS

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ME. Y. K. Kan to ask:

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Will Government inform thise Council what are the

recommendations of Sir Charles Hartwell as a result of his examination of the organisation and method of operation of the Colonial Secretariat announced by the

Colonial Secretary during the Budget Debate in March this year?

Mr. T.K. Ann to ask:

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In view of the more frequent and serious traffic accidents

on the Colony roads which have been reported during the past 8 months of 1968 than in the corresponding periods of 1960 and 1967, particularly in the New Territories, what more effective road safety measures has the Government under consideration especially in the context of a recent comment by the Commissioner of Transport on the possible legalisation of nine-seater vans?

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Mr. Fung Hon-chu to ask:

In view of the spread of gambling in the city and in the

New Territories in the wake of last year's disturbances, will the Government tell us what steps have been taken to eradicate this evil and how effective they have been?

Mr. Fung Hon-chu to ask:

In view of the recent press reports of attempts by a certain organisation to reactivate the issue of dog racing in the New Territories in spite of an earlier denial by a Government spokesman that there will be change of policy on gambling, will the Government set the public's minds at rest by an official statement from this Council?

Dr. S. Y. Chung to ask:

Will Government inform this Council about its plan and

progress on the collection, compilation and publication of industrial production statistics?

6 Mr. Szeto Wai to ask:

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Early last year it was reported that Government intended

to lease certain sites in Kowloon and on the Island for the building and operation of multi-storey car-parks by private enterprise. May this Council now be informed when the sale of these sites will take place and, what will be the public parking accommodation required by the special lease conditions of these sites?

Mr. Wilson Wang to ask:

What is the amount of funds available each year to the

undergraduate in need of aid, in the form of scholarships, bursaries and interest-free loans from Government, and has Government any plan in hand to allocate additional funds to be used as interest-free loans for this purpose?

Mr. Wilson Wang to ask:

What is the present position in regard to the supply of and the demand for qualified teachers in Fhysical Education in Primary and Secondary Schools? Has Government studied the need for and the feasibility of establishing a College for Physical Education and recreation to be managed by Government or in cooperation with some voluntary body or bodies in Hong Kong?