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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991

BE

AND THE CHUEN,

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"THE ALIGNMENT OF THE CONTAINER PORT ROAD WILL ALSO HAVE TO

OPERATIONS RESULTING MODIFIED,

IN BOTH CONTAINER TERMINAL CONTAINER PORT ROAD HAVING TO BE MOVED CLOSER TO MEI FOO SUN MR BARNES SAID.

HOWEVER,

MR BARNES DISCLOSED THAT THE TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF A SCHEME ON THESE LINES WERE BEING LOOKED AND WOULD BE ADDRESSED VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE, AND TO WHAT EXTENT, EXISTING KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT COULD BE EXPANDED.

AND

AT

THE

HE HOPED THE ASSESSMENT ON THE SCHEME WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH BUT HE WAS OF THE VIEW THAT IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT THE FROM THE FINDINGS OF THE ASSESSMENT WOULD WARRANT A MAJOR DEVIATION CURRENT PORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.

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INCREASE IN ADVANCE PAYMENT FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS VICTIMS

CEILING

ADVANCE FOR

BY

THE

AND ACCOUNT OF

THE

PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION FUND BOARD TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS VICTIMS

INTO TAKE SHORTLY BE RAISED TO WILL DEPENDANTS

THEIR INFLATION.

THE

PNEUMOCONIOSIS

(COMPENSATION)

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1991 AT

JOHN CHAN, (WEDNESDAY), THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR SAID THE EXISTING CEILING OF $20,000 HAD BEEN IN FORCE SINCE MID-1988.

TO

$28,000

"IT

SHOULD BE ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION AND BE REVISED WITH EFFECT FROM JANUARY 1, 1992," HE SAID.

THE BILL HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY

ADDED.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

MORE POWER FOR THE DENTAL COUNCIL

BOARD, MR CHAN

KONG WITH WAS

A BILL WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE DENTAL COUNCIL OF HONG MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HANDLING DISCIPLINARY CASES IN FUTURE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

KNOWN AS THE DENTISTS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1991, IT SEEKS TO EXPAND THE RANGE OF DISCIPLINARY ORDERS AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL IN THE EVENT OF A FINDING AGAINST A REGISTERED DENTIST.

/MOVING THE

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