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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1991

T

"IT WILL SHORTLY BE REPORTING ON THE FUTURE NEEDS OF MID-STREAM

DEVELOPMENT, HANDLING, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CONTAINER TERMINAL SHE SAID.

EXEMPT ON INCOME

THE NEW HONG KONG SHIPPING TOUCHING ON A PORT-RELATED ISSUE REGISTER, MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO OWNERS OF SHIPS REGISTERED IN HONG KONG FROM PROFITS TAX FROM CARGOES UPLIFTED IN HONG KONG.

SHE SAID THIS LIABILITY TO TAX WOULD BE REMOVED JUST AS 90ON AS THE HONG KONG COULD ENACT THE NECESSARY AMENDING LEGISLATION AND THAT

THE TO WOULD

DECEMBER 3, 1990, BE CHANGE

RETROSPECTIVE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW HONG KONG REGISTER.

DATE OF

"THE LEGISLATION HAS PROVED COMPLEX TO DRAFT BUT WE ARE

NEARLY

THERE.

FURTHER

"WE

'WHITE BILL' INTEND THAT A

WHICH WILL BE A + STATEMENT OF OUR INTENT, WOULD BE PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THE BILL IS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

FIRM

BEFORE

"I EXPECT THE BILL TO BE PUBLISHED IN MID-JULY 1991," SHE SAID.

LATEST FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE REPORT RELEASED

THE

LICENSING IN THR SECURITY REPORT OF THE

THE BASIC FRAMEWORK FOR A REGULATORY SYSTEM FOR OF SECURITY COMPANIES AS WELL AS PERSONNEL EMPLOYED INDUSTRY HAS BEEN WORKED OUT, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (FCC) RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE PART ON

AND PERSONS

AND

PERSONNEBL COVERED SECURITY OFFICERS (INCLUDING

INSTALLING DESIGNING, WATCHMEN ) MAINTAINING SECURITY DEVICES.

INVOLVED

IN

-

SERVICES BILL THE REPORT ADDED THAT THE SECURITY AND GUARDING

AND WAS BEING STUDIED IN WAS NOW AT AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DRAFTING

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE DETAIL BY THE FCC'S

REGULATION OF THE

SECURITY INDUSTRY.

FCC,

THE FCC REPORT NO. 10 GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORK OF THE ITS SUB-COMMITTEES AND THE 19 DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES IN 1990.

IN

YEAR UNDER

REVIEW,

WITH

FCC

RECOMMENDED HAD SCHEME, WITH PROPOSALS

THE

PRISON

SENTENCES

AND TO

THE THE EXPANSION OF THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS

SHORT TERM TO EXTEND IT TO PERSONS INCREASE THE PRESENT QUALIFYING FINE LEVEL.

PUNISHMENT CORPORAL (AMENDMENT) BILL BY THE

WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE FCC, JUDICIAL CORPORAL IN HONG KONG WAS ALSO ABOLISHED FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE PUNISHMENT (REPEAL) BILL AND PUBLIC ORDER LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN OCTOBER 1990.

/DURING THE