XN000022-1987-03-11 — Page 29

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1987

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NO URGENCY TO ENACT BILL

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THERE IS NO URGENCY IN ENACTING PROVISIONS IN THE PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986, ACCORDING TO THE HON LAU WONG-FAT.

SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE OF THE BILL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), HE NOTED THAT THE PROVISIONS WERE OPEN TO QUESTION+.

+BESIDES, PEOPLE FROM ALL SECTORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM THE LEGAL SECTOR AND THE MEDIA, HAVE GIVEN A LOT OF COMMENTS ON THE BILL RECENTLY, HE SAID.

MR LAU REQUESTED THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO POSTPONE THE SECOND AND THIRD READINGS OF THE BILL TO ALLOW FOR A THOROUGH STUDY

INTO IT+.

OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND

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THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL FUND BILL 1987 WAS PASSED INTO LAW TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO FORMALLY CREATE THE FUND BY LEGISLATION.

IN ORDER THAT THE ORDINANCE MAY COME INTO EFFECT ON APRIL 1, THE BILL PASSED THROUGH ALL STAGES IN ONE SITTING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON.

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL WAS TO ESTABLISH A TRUST FUND IN MEMORY OF THE DISTINGUISHED GOVERNORSHIP OF THE LATE SIR EDWARD YOUDE.

+ IN ACCORDANCE WITH LADY YOUDE'S WISHES, THE APPLICATION AND PURPOSE OF THE FUND WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY BROAD TO COVER THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION, LEARNING OR RESEARCH LOCALLY OR OVERSEAS FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND TO ENABLE GRANTS OR LOANS TO BE MADE FOR THAT PURPOSE TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BASED IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.

SUPPORT FOR THE FUND HAD BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC AND OVERWHELMING WITH DONATIONS FROM ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH, TO DATE, STOOD AT $76 MILLION, AND MORE WERE EXPECTED, HE SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE THE GENEROUS DONATION OF $30 MILLION BY STEWARDS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE $38 MILLION COLLECTED FROM MORE THAN 70 MAJOR COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL AS LEADING PHILANTHROPISTS.

/NOTING THAT