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WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,

YEARS IN

WAS

MAY

FEW HE SAID THE CHANGE IN ATTITUDES OVER THE PAST WELL ILLUSTRATED AT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS OF THE COMMITTEE HELD THIS YEAR.

PAST

"THE DEFENSIVE ATTITUDES ADOPTED BY SOME WITNESSES IN THE HAD BEEN REPLACED BY A REFRESHING WILLINGNESS TO ADMIT PAST MISTAKES

SHOULD BE AND ACCEPT THAT IMPROVEMENTS COULD, AND

ΤΟ MADE ECONOMY AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS IN THE FUTURE."

IMPROVE

ATTENTION

RECOMMENDATIONS

THEY WHICH

MR POON SAID GIVEN THIS HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF, AND TO, THE NEED FOR COST-EFFICIENCY, HE TRUSTED THAT THE IN REPORT NO. 15 WOULD BE ACCEPTED IN THE SPIRIT IN OFFERED; THAT IS, NOT TO PUNISH OR RAKE OVER PAST FAULTS, BUT TO FORWARD, AND TO IDENTIFY THE SCOPE FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

HE ALSO SAID

HE BELIEVED

THAT THE

WERE LOOK

PAC

TRENDS ENCOURAGING MEMBERS CHARTED THROUGH THEIR REPORTS IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE 1980'S COULD BE MAINTAINED THROUGH THE 1990'S.

0

MOTION UNDER LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE PASSED

A MOTION MOVED BY THE SECRETARY LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

FOR HOME AFFAIRS UNDER

WAS PASSED ORDINANCE

IN

THE THE

RATING (AMENDMENT} BILL 1990, THE

FOUR BILLS WERE ALSO PASSED. THEY WERE THE BILL 1990, THE SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION (1989-90) MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 AND THE SHIPPING PORT CONTROL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990.

AND

FIRST AND SECOND IN ADDITION, FOUR BILLS WERE INTRODUCED FOR

AND FUTURES COMMISSION READINGS. THEY

THE SECURITIES WERE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, THE COMMODITIES TRADING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, BILL 1990 AND THE (AMENDMENT) THE STOCK EXCHANGES UNIFICATION SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) BILL 1990.

DEBATES ON THESE BILLS WERE ADJOURNED.

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