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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1988

THIS INCLUDED SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF $1,193. 6 MILLION FOR THE 1987 PAY ADJUSTMENT AND PAY IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE FOR MODEL SCALE 1 STAFF IN RESPECT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.

APPROVED NON-RECURRENT

MILLION DURING

COMMITMENTS WERE INCREASED BY $82.8

THE PERIOD, AND NEW NON-RECURRENT COMMITMENTS OF $773.2 MILLION WERE ALSO APPROVED.

IN THE SAME PERIOD, A NET INCREASE OF 848 POSTS WAS APPROVED, MR JACOBS SAID.

COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES BILL PASSED

THE COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES BILL 1988 WAS AMONG SEVEN BILLS PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE OTHER BILLS PASSED WERE THE BANKRUPTCY

(AMENDMENT) RILL 1988, COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) BILL 1988, DANGEROUS GOODS (CONSIGNMENT BY AIR) (SAFETY) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988, SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) (NO.2} BILL 1988, EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988, AND A PRIVATE BILL, THE RAINIER INTERNATIONAL BANK (TRANSFER OF HONG KONG UNDERTAKING) BILL 1988.

THREE BILLS WERF INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.

THEY WERE THE SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION (1987-1988) BILL 1988, SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) (NO.3) BILL 1988, AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988.

DEBATES ON THESE BILLS WERE

ADJOURNED.

THE COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED A MOT LON, MOVED DY THE CHIEF THAT CERTAIN AMENDMENTS BE MADE TO ITS STANDING ORDERS.

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