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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1984

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PEAK TRAM PERMIT FEE SET

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DISCUSSIONS ARE UNDER WAY TO ESTABLISH A NEW FORMULA TO BE USED IN THE SETTING OF THE ANNUAL PERMIT FEE PAID TO THE GOVERNMENT BY THE PEAK TRAM.

THIS WAS SAID BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY AS HE MOVED THE SECOND READING OF THE PEAK TRAMWAY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984.

MR SCOTT SAID THAT A PERMIT FEE IS PAYABLE EACH YEAR BY THE OPERATING COMPANY. THE PRESENT BILL PROPOSES TO SET THE FEE FOR 1983 AT $1 000 - THE SAME AS IN 1981 AND 1982. THIS WILL ENABLE THE COMPANY TO AVOID MAKING A LOSS ON ITS OPERATIONS IN 1983.

+DISCUSSIONS ARE IN PROGRESS WITH THE COMPANY, TO ESTABLISH A NEW FORMULA, WHICH WILL BE RELATED TO THE COMPANY'S PROPOSALS TO MODERNISE THE TRAMWAY, SAID MR SCOTT.

+SUCH A FORMULA WOULD AVOID FUTURE AD HOC REDUCTION OF PERMIT FEE AND THE NEED FOR REGULAR BILLS SUCH AS THIS ONE.+

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED TO MARCH 14.

AMENDMENT TO HOSPITAL ORDINANCE SOUGHT

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THE MATILDA AND WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984 AMENDS THE ORDINANCE BY REMOVING THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO A CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE, WHOSE ONLY FUNCTION IS TO HOLD PROPERTY WHICH CAN EQUALLY WELL, AND MORE ECONOMICALLY, BE HELD BY THE HOSPITAL ITSELF, THE HON ROGER LOBO SAID TODAY.

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE ADDED: THE OPPORTUNITY HAS ALSO BEEN TAKEN TO MAKE A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN THE ARTICLES OF CONSTITUTION OF THE HOSPITAL CONTAINED IN A SCHEDULE TO THE ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO MODERNISE AND STREAMLINE THE BUSINESS PROCEDURES OF THE HOSPITAL.*

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

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