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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14,

1990

IT WOULD BE SERVICED BY AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHO WAS ALREADY IN POST, AND SUPPORTED BY A SECRETARIAT.

MR YEUNG EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION то CREATE SUCH A BODY WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNOR IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN OCTOBER 1987, AND THE TASK OF ADVISING THE GOVERNMENT FELL TO THE PROVISIONAL HONG KONG COUNCIL FOR ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION.

HE SAID THE BILL HAD BEEN DRAWN UP ON THE ADVICE OF THE PROVISIONAL COUNCIL.

APPRECIATION

"I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE ON RECORD THE GOVERNMENT'S OF THE PREPARATORY WORK IT HAS DONE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

OUT FOR

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ΤΟ CARRY STRUCTURE

'THE BILL GIVES THE HKCAA THE NECESSARY POWERS ITS FUNCTIONS AND PROVIDES THE ORGANISATIONAL

AN INDEPENDENT, PUBLICLY ACCOUNTABLE INSTITUTION, MR YEUNG

CONCLUDED.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

FRAMEWORK FOR COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY LEGISLATION ON GASES

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THE GAS SAFETY BILL 1990 SEEKS ΤΟ PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY LEGISLATION WITH RESPECT TO FUEL GASES, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON ANSON CHAN, SAID IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

FOR

THE

THE

IT

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, MRS CHAN SAID COVERED BOTH LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) AND TOWN GAS, AS WELL AS OTHER GASES, SUCH AS NATURAL GAS AND BIOGAS, THAT MIGHT BE USED AS FUEL SOURCES IN FUTURE.

SHE SAID PROVISION WAS MADE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF FUEL GAS IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, STORAGE, TRANSPORT, SUPPLY AND USE ΤΟ BE CONTROLLED IN THE INTERESTS OF SAFETY.

"THIS LEGISLATION RAS ITS ROOTS IN THE CONSULTANCY STUDY ON GAS SAFETY IN THE EARLY COMMISSIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING A SPATE OF FATALITIES.

A

FINDINGS OF 1980'S WHICH WAS FUEL GAS-RELATED

GOVERNMENT STANDARDS

THE

THE

THE GAS MEASURES

WITH

"AS A RESULT OF THAT CONSULTANCY STUDY, ESTABLISHED A GAS ADVISOR'S OFFICE (SINCE RENAMED OFFICE), WHICH HAS INSTIGATED WIDE-RANGING SAFETY VOLUNTARY CO-OPERATION OF THE GAS INDUSTRY.

/"IN LARGE