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FRIDAY. JUNE 28, 1985

THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SELECT COMMITTEES ARE :

THE WAYS AND MEANS SELECT COMMITTEE WITH 13 MEMBERS:

THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG (CHAIRMAN), MR MA NING-HEI (VICE CHAIRMAN), MR CHAN LAU-FONG, MR CHAU CHUN-WING, MR CHEUNG HON-KAU, MR CHEUNG KUEN, MR CHONG KAM-NING, DR HO MAN-WUI, MR HO SUN-KUEN, MRS LAU KIN-YEE,

MR LAU WONG-FÁT, MR LIU CHING-LEUNG, AND MR WAN YUET-KAU.

THE RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE WITH 11 MEMBERS:

DR HO MAN-WUI (CHAIRMAN), MRS LAU KIN-YEE (VICE CHAIRMAN), MR MA NING-HEI, MR CHAU CHUN-WING, MR CHEUNG KUEN, MR CHONG NAM-NING. MR LÀM KIN-MING. MR LÂU HƠN-KIT

MR LIU CHING-LEUNG, MR TANG NAI-MAN, AND MR TANG PUI-TAT.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE WITH 13 MEMBERS

DR PANG HOK-TUEN (CHAIRMAN), MR TANG NAI-MAN (VICE CHAIRMAN), MR CHAN LAU-FONG, MRS CHAN HO ON-NEI, MR CHEUNG HON-KAU,

MR FONG LOI, MR LAU WONG-FAT, MR TANG CHI-LEUNG,

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MR YOUNG WING-YAU, MR TANG PUI-TAT, MR TSANG LIN,

MR WAI HON-LEUNG, AND MR WAN YUET-KAU,

REGIONAL COUNCIL TO ASSUME LIQUOR LICENSING JOB ******

THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WOULD ASSUME STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITY FOR LIQUOR LICENSING IN THE NON-URBAN AREA, IT WAS DECIDED AT THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.

THE DECISION WAS MADE BECAUSE THE COUNCIL WAS OF THE OPINION THAT LIQUOR LICENSING WAS SUFFICIENTLY RELATED TO THE FUTURE REGIONAL COUNCIL, SINCE UNDER PRESENT POLICY THE ISSUE OF LIQUOR LICENCES IS TIED UP WITH THE ISSUE OF RESTAURANT LICENCES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL SAID.

THE REASON FOR THE PROVISIONAL RC TO MAKE A DECISION AT THIS STAGE IS DICTATED BY THE FACT THAT STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS FUNCTION IS WRITTEN INTO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL BILL TO BE ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHORTLY. THE PROVISION COULD BE DELETED FROM THE BILL AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD THE MEMBERS SO DECIDE.

THE PRESENT LIQUOR LICENSING REGULATIONS CAME INTO EFFECT IN 1954 AND HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED SINCE THEN IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION. IN THE URBAN AREAS, THE URBAN COUNCIL ASSUMED THE FUNCTION IN 1973.

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