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GIS

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1975

LEGCO MEETING TOMORROW

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DEBATE ON THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION BILL 1979 WILL RESUME AT TOMORROW'S (WEDNESDAY) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING.

IN AN ADJOURNMENT DEBATE, THE HON, HILTON CHEONG-LEEN VILL SPEAK ON THE MEASURES TO PREVENT THE DISCONTINUATION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHO COME FROM POORER FAMILIES.

DURING QUESTION TIME, HE WILL ALSO ASK WHETHER A CONTINUOUS CAMPAIGN CAN BE CARRIED OUT AGAINST HEAVY CIGARETTE SMOKING AS BEING A LIKELY CAUSE OF CANCER, AS WELL AS WHAT THE HEALTH EDUCATION PLANS FOR 1975/76 ARE AND WHETHER THEY INCLUDE THE FORMATION OF A HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT,

THE HON. J.H. BREMRIDGE WILL ASK WHEN THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION FOR 1974 WILL BE LAID BEFORE COUNCIL.

THE HON. R. H. LOBO WILL ENQUIRE WHAT ACTION THE GOVERNMEN IS TAKING AGAINST LOCALLY REGISTERED COMPANIES WHICH DEAL IN COMMODITIES OVERSEAS AGAINST WHICH COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE COMMERCIAL CRIME OFFICE OF FRAUD AND SWINDLES.

THE QUESTION OF LEGISLATIVE CONTROL ON PORNOGRAPHY WILL ALSO.. BE RAISED BY THE HON. MISS KO STU-WAH WHO WILL SEEK AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT AS TO WHEN FIRMER LAWS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO CURB THỂ PUBLICATION AND CIRCULATION OF MATERIALS AND MAGAZINES OF A PORNOGRAPHIC AND VIOLENT NATURE PARTICULARLY IN THE CASE OF THOSE AIMED AT CHILDREN AND YOUTHS.

THE HON. FRANCIS TIEN WILL QUERY THE GOVERNMENT WHETHER IT WILL GIVE FURTHER CONSIDERATION TO THE NEED TO RAISE THE BUDGET OF $200,000 EARMARKED FOR THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT FROM OVERSEAS.

THE HON. Q.W. LEE WILL ALSO ASK THE GOVERNMENT WHEN A DECISION WILL BE MADE ON WAIVING THE RATES OF VACANT DOMESTIC PREMISES WHICH WAS MENTIONED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN HIS BUDGET SPEECH.

IN ADDITION TO THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION BILL SIX OTHER BILLS ARE TO BE LAID BEFORE COUNCIL FOR THEIR SECOND AND THIRD READINGS. THREE NEW DILLS- THE INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL, THE LOANS BILL AND THE LABOUR RELATIONS BILL — WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED.

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