WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1982
SIR PHILIP THANKS UNOFFICIALS FOR LEGCO WORK
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP MADDON-CAVE, THANKED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR THE MANY HOURS OF HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO THE 1981-82 SESSION WHICH ENDED TODAY.
SIR PHILIP SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, HAD EXPRESSED REGRET THAT ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMMITMENT HAD PREVENTED HIM FROM PRESIDING AT TODAY'S MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
THE SESSION JUST ENDED WAS +MOST IMPRESSIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE,+ SIR PHILIP SAID.
HE ALSO SPOKE OF THE +MANY HOURS CF CLOSE SCRUTINY AND CONSIDERATION BY AD HOC GROUPS OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS UNDER THE AEGIS OF UMELCO.+
HE WISHED THEM A +WELL DESERVED AND RESTFUL RECESS.+
AT TODAY'S MEETING, 16 BILLS WERE PASSED INTO LA, AND THREE OTHERS WERE INTRODUCED AND READ A SECOND TIME, WITH DEBATE ADJOURNED.
THE NEXT SESSION OF THE COUNCIL WILL START ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, WITH AN ADDRESS BY THE GOVERNOR.
ANTI-SMOKING MEASURES SUPPORTED ****
A SUBSTANTIAL BODY OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE POINTED TO A LINK BETWEEN SMOKING AND LUNG CANCER, DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, SAID AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THIS, AND THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE COMMUNITY WERE AGAINST SMOKING, MADE IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION TO RESTRICT SMOKING IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH, DR HO SAID, IN SUPPORTING THE SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) BILL, 1982.
DR HO DESCRIBED THE LEGISLATION AS BEING +FAIRLY ELL BALANCED IN THAT IT SEEKS TO PROTECT NON-SMOVERS AND STILL LEAVE SMOKERS WITH CERTAIN PLACES TO SMOKE.+
HE URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO ENGAGE IN MORE AGGRESSIVE LONG-TERM EDUCATION AND PUELICITY, ESPECIALLY DIRECTED AT THE YOUNGER PEOPLE.
+THE PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE THE CYCKERS TO BE MORE CONSIDERATE AND TO DISCOURAGE YOUNG FECTLE STUDE.TS FROM STARTI TRIS HEALTH-DAMAGING RABIT,-
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