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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1982

MR CHEN ALSO REVEALED THAT THE POLYTECHNIC IS NOW IN ITS TENTH YEAR AND PLANS ARE IN HAND TO MARK THE OCCASION WITH APPROPRIATE EVENTS.

+ CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE, SIR, THAT THE POLYTECHNIC HAS NOW COME OF AGE, AND CAN COPE WITH THE INCREASING COMPLEXITIES OF FUTURE DECADES FROM A WELL-FOUNDED BASE OF EXPERIENCE AND MATURITY, MR CHEN SAID.

THREE BILLS PASSED

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THREE BILLS WERE PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THEY ARE THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC (AMENDMENT) BILL 1982, THE CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1982 AND THE URBAN COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARDS (ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS OF MEMBERS) (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 1982.

BILL TO EXTEND TERM OF OFFICE OF KUK MEMBERS

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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) MOVED THE SECOND READING OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK (AMENDMENT) BILL 1982 SEEKING TO EXTEND THE TERM OF OFFICE OF KUK MEMBERS TO THREE YEARS.

+THE CHAIRMEN OF RURAL COMMITTEES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE EX-OFFICIO COUNCILLORS OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK AND HAVE SEATS PROVIDED FOR THEM ON THE DISTRICT BOARDS, MR MACPHERSON SAID.

+THE TERM OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS UNDER THE DISTRICT BOARDS ORDINANCE IS THREE YEARS, WHEREAS THAT OF RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN AND HEUNG YEE KUK COUNCILLORS IS TWO YEARS.

+BOTH THE RURAL COMMITTEES AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK HAVE AGREED TO EXTEND THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THEIR OFFICE BEARERS AND MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY TO THREE YEARS TO CORRESPOND WITH THAT OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS, BUT IN THE LATTER CASE AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 5 (2) OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK ORDINANCE IS REQUIRED, HE SAID.

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