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Friday, November 16, 1973

SCOPE OF PO LEUNG KUK WIDENED

A Bill will soon be introduced into the Legislative Council to

repeal and replace the existing Po Leung Kuk Incorporation Ordinance

with a new one which will reflect more accurately the current functions

of the Kuk.

Known as the Po Leung Kuk Bill 1973, it will also amend the

Kuk's constitution, enabling its scope of charitable services to be

widened.

The Bill, published in today's Gazette, is being modelled along the lines of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Ordinance which replaced the former Tung Wah Hospital Ordinance in February 1971.

The amended constitution, which forms the schedule of the Bill

makes provisions for matters of the Kuk to be administered by a board

which is to be constituted in a manner different from that provided under

the existing ordinance.

The schedule of the Bill stipulates that an Advisory Board shall be formed to advise the Kuk's directors on any matter affecting the Kuk

or its administration.

It provides that the Secretary for Home Affairs shall be the

Chairman of the Advisory Board, and that the Director of Social Welfare,

an unofficial Chinese member of the Executive Council and another from

the Legislative Council shall also be ex-officio members of the Board.

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