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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1984

NECESSARY MEASURE

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THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 1984 WAS NECESSARY TO TAKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION A STEP FURTHER, THE HON PETER C. WONG SAID TODAY.

SUPPORTING THE BILL, HE SAID: +A NUMBER OF CHANGES WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE ELECTION IN MARCH 1985, AND IT IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL THAT THE RELEVANT LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS SHOULD BE AMENDED TO ACCOMMODATE THIS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION. +

HE NOTED THAT THE BILL HAD BEEN CAREFULLY STUDIED AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WERE GENERALLY HAPPY WITH THE PROPOSALS.

MR WONG LATER MOVED TWO AMENDMENTS AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE. THE FIRST AMENDMENT INVOLVED THE DELETION OF CLAUSE 11(B) AMEND ING SECTION 21 OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS ORDINANCE.

MR WONG SAID THAT THE SWEEPING POWER GIVEN TO THE DESIGNATED OFFICER IN THE NEW SUBSECTION IN THE BILL WAS CONSIDERED TO BE +BOTH UNDESIRABLE AND UNNECESSARY+.

THE OTHER AMENDMENT WAS +A PURELY TECHNICAL+ ONE MADE TO CLAUSE 45.

THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DAVID AKERS-JONES, DESCRIBED THE BILL AS ANOTHER POSITIVE STEP+ TO FACILITATE THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE, MR AKERS-JONES MOVED AN AMENDMENT RELATING TO A TECHNICAL DEVICE.

THE DEVICE ALLOWS THE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE DECLARATION OF THE NUMBERS OF APPOINTED AND ELECTED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

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RED CROSS TO TAKE OVER PRODUCTION OF BLOOD COMPONENTS

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THERE IS AN ADEQUATE PROVISION OF FRESH FROZEN PLASMA AND CRYOPRECIPITATE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT- ASSISTED AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR THE HON RUDY KHOO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THE PROVISION OF PLATELETS, ON THE OTHER HAND, MEETS 50 TO 60 PER CENT OF THE NEEDS OF THESE HOSPITALS, DR KHOO SAID.

/BUT HE