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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1974
LEGCO TO GO INTO RECESS FROM WEDNESDAY
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL WIND UP ITS CURRENT SESSION AFTER ITS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY CAUGUST 14).
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THE COUNCIL WILL THEN GO INTO RECESS UNTIL OCTOBER 2 THIS YEAR WHEN THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL OPEN THE NEW 1974/75 SESSION.
THE CURRENT SESSION HAS BEEN A BUSY ONE FOR THE COUNCIL WITH 85 BILLS SO FAR PASSED INTO LAW, INCLUDING SUCH SIGNIFICANT ONES AS THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION ORDINANCE, THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE ORDINANCE, THE SECURITIES ORDINANCE AND THE PROTECTION OF INVESTORS ORDINANCE. FIFTEEN OTHER BILLS ARE DUE TO HAVE THEIR THIRD AND FINAL READING AT THE LAST MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AND, IF PASSED, WILL BRING THE TOTAL TO EXACTLY 100. DURING THE 1972/73 SESSION 85 BILLS WERE PASSED.
SO FAR DURING THE CURRENT SESSION UNOFFICIAL MEKBERS HAVE RAISED 159 QUESTIONS, COMPARED WITH 174 DURING THE PREVIOUS SESSION. THEY WILL ASK ANOTHER 13 QUESTIONS ON WEDNESDAY.
TWO WHITE PAPERS, ONE ON THE NARCOTICS PROBLEM IN HONG KONG AND THE OTHER ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES. WERE ALSO TABLED.
FIVE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS RETIRED FROM THE COUNCIL THIS YEAR. THEY ARE MR. WOO PAK-CHUEN, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, MR. WILFRED WONG, MR. SZETO WAI, MR. GUY SAYER AND MR. ANN TSE-KAI.
APPOINTED TO REPLACE THEM ARE DR. THE HON. HARRY FANG, THE HON. FRANCIS TIEN, THE HON. J.H.BREMRIDGE, THE HON. MISS KO SIU-WAH, AND THE HON. LO TAK-SHING.
DR. THE HON. CHUNG SZE-YUEN SUCCEEDED MR. WOO AS THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER.
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