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HE SAID THESE WERE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS AND BOTH THE THE ADMINISTRATION HAD GIVEN THEM SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
GROUP AND
"FORTUNATELY, THE BILL ALLOWS FOR FLEXIBILITY. THERE PROVISION FOR EXEMPTIONS OF CERTAIN GOODS OR CLASSES OF GOODS AND MAKING REGULATIONS.
..
IS
FOR
IN THE 12 MONTHS BETWEEN THE PASSING OF THIS BILL AND THE PROPOSED ENFORCEMENT OF THE BILL'S PROVISIONS, I AM CONFIDENT THAT AND EDUCATE GOVERNMENT WILL SYSTEMATICALLY AND ENERGETICALLY CONSULT TRADERS AND TRADERS' ORGANISATIONS, LISTEN WITH UNDERSTANDING TO CASES
AND FOR SPECIAL ALLOWANCES TO BE MADE,
RESPOND
AND SYMPATHETICALLY POSITIVELY, AND WITH A DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY,
MADE.
"BY DOING THIS,
GOVERNMENT
WHERE A CASE CAN BE
SHOULD BEAR IN MIND BOTH THE INTERESTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER AND THE FACT THAT OUR PORSPERITY AS A COMMUNITY OWES MUCH TO OUR POLICY OF MINIMAL INTERFERENCE IN TRADING PRACTICES.
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THE PRESENT MR WONG SAID ANOTHER IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
REPEAL WAS THAT THE BILL BILL AND THE ONE IT SOUGHT TO
HAD BEEN DRAFTED AND GAZETTED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE.
"BILINGUAL LEGISLATION IS A NEW EXPERIENCE CONTEXT.
IS OUR AIM
ΤΟ ESTABLISH A WORKING
BE EFFECTIVELY BILINGUAL LEGISLATION MAY
UNDUE DELAY AND WITHOUT SACRIFICING OUR PROPOSED LEGISLATION," HE SAID.
IN THE HONG KONG WHEREBY PROCEDURE PASSED INTO LAW WITHOUT USUAL DETAILED SCRUTINY OF
HE SAID THAT AS TO THE CHINESE VERSION, A PRELIMINARY STUDY
TEXT VERY CLOSELY SHOWED THAT THE CHINESE
REFLECTED THAT OF THE
RNGLISH VERSION.
NO MEANS PERFECT AND "HOWEVER, THE CHINESE TEXT IS BY CONCERTED EFFORT HAS TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE LINGUSTIC ASPECT, ADDED.
MORE HE
ITS WORK TO USEFUL EXCHANGE
"THE GROUP PROPOSES TO CONTINUE RECESS AND WE LOOK FORWARD
ADMINISTRATION.
T
WONG
SAID A
MR
REFINED VERSION OF WOULD BE INCORPORATING THE AGREED AMENDMENTS,
INFORMATION IN DUE COURSE.
DURING THE SUMMER OF VIEWS
THE WITH
THE CHINESE
TEXT,
PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC
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