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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1988

IN KEEPING WITH

ITS

LONG-TERM

ASSOCIATION WAS ALSO PREPARED TO BUILD INTERNATIONAL LINKAGE AND TO EXTEND IT'S COUNTRIES, HE ADDED.

DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THE UP AND MAINTAIN ITS ACTIVITIES TO OVERSEAS

DR CHIU EXPLAINED THAT THE HONG KONG TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION WAS INCORPORATED BY ORDINANCE IN 1948 WITH ITS MAIN PURPOSE TO COMBAT TUBERCULOSIS IN HONG KONG.

IN 1980, WHEN TUBERCULOSIS WAS UNDER CONTROL, THE ASSOCIATION EXTENDED ITS ACTIVITIES TO COVER ALL DISEASES OF THE CHEST AND HEART.

THE BILL WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE FURTHER EXPANSION OF THE SERVICES THAT THE ASSOCIATION NOW PROPOSED.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

PRIVATE BILL ON BAHA'I FAITH INTRODUCED

OF

A PRIVATE BILL WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE FOR THE INCORPORATION THE SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'IS OF HONG KONG, WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE HILTON OF HONG AS A

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF BAHA'IS OF THONG KONG INCORPORATION BILL 1988, THE HON CHEONG-LEEN SAID THE ASSEMBLY WAS A BONA FIDE RELIGIOUS BODY KONG AND WAS RECOGNISED BY THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT CHARITABLE BODY.

HE SAID THE BAHA'I FAITH HAD EXISTED IN HONG KONG FOR ABOUT YFARS WITH THE FIRST LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY FORMED IN 1952 REGISTERED UNDER THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE.

THE LOCAL BAHA'I COMMUNITY WAS CURRENTLY ADMINISTERED BY "NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY" WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF ABOUT 800, ALL A SMALL HANDFUL BEING LOCAL PEOPLE.

40

AND

THE

BUT

OF

MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID THE BILL ALSO PROVIDED FOR THE TRANSFER PROPERTY AND ASSETS VESTED IN THE EXISTING NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF BAHA'IS OF HONG KONG TO THE NEWLY INCORPORATED ASSEMBLY.

IN

DE SAID THAT ACCORDING TO THE ASSEMBLY, THE BABA'1 FAITH BEGAN PERSIA IN 1863 AND WAS NOW AN INDEPENDENT RELIGION APPROXIMATELY 4.5 MILLION MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

WITH

AN

PRIVATE

HE SAID THIS BILL FOLLOWED THE STANDARD PATTERN OF ORDINANCE FOR THE INCORPORATION OF A CHARITY, CLUB OR INSTITUTION.

/IT PROVIDED

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