XN000022-1992-11-11 — Page 18

16

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1992

84 LAWS TO GO BEFORE LEGCO THIS SESSION

THE

ATTORNEY

GENERAL,

TOLD MATHEWS,

THE

THIS BEEN

THE HON JEREMY

84 ITEMS OF LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT

THE COUNCIL IN WERE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR INTRODUCTION INTO LEGISLATIVE SESSION, INCLUDING THE NINE BILLS WHICH HAD ALREADY INTRODUCED.

HON MARTIN BARROW, HE REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE

SAID THE THESE ITEMS TO CHIEF SECRETARY'S OFFICE WAS ARRANGING FOR A LIST OF BE CIRCULATED TO MEMBERS FOR INFORMATION.

SINCE NEW

ITEMS MAY BECOME

ALTOGETHER,

**

"THE LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, NECESSARY AND EXISTING ITEMS MAY BE POSTPONED OR DROPPED MR MATHEWS SAID.

HE SAID

PROPOSED 64

LEGISLATION

HAD

ITEMS OF

NOT BEEN THIS SESSION, EITHER BECAUSE THEY ALLOCATED A LEGISLATIVE SLOT IN

THEY WERE UNLIKELY WERE NOT CONSIDERED TO MERIT PRIORITY OR BECAUSE TO BE READY FOR INTRODUCTION IN THIS SESSION.

MR MATHEWS

SAID: "WE

HAVE EMBARKED ON AN

'ADAPTATION

OF

LAWS' EXERCISE TO REVIEW, AND IF NECESSARY, AMEND EXISTING LEGISLATION WHEN THAT LAW COMES TO ENSURE ITS COMPATIBILITY WITH THE BASIC LAW INTO FORCE ON JULY 1, 1997.

T

"THIS EXERCISE IS CARRIED OUT IN PARALLEL WITH THE HANDLING OTHER LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS.

OF

HE SAID AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, ADAPTATION WOULD BE CARRIED OUT THE COURSE OF REGULAR AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING LEGISLATION, IN ORDER REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ADAPTATION BILLS THAT WERE NEEDED.

PROBLEMS OF ADAPTATION

THAT APPLIED ACROSS

EXAMPLE, CHANGES IN TERMINOLOGY) MIGHT ADAPTATION BILL.

82

IN

TO

THE BOARD (FOR BE DEALT WITH IN A SINGLE

PROGRESS OF ALL DRAFT

MR MATHEWS SAID THE

LEGISLATION WAS AND CAREFULLY MONITORED IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT DEADLINES WERE MET THAT THE DRAFTS WERE HANDLED EFFICIENTLY.

RULES TO GOVERN VENTILATING SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS

THERE ARE

REGULATIONS

OR

GOVERNING THE VENTILATING SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN PRIVATE BUILDINGS WHICH INVOLVE THE USE OF DUCTING TRUNKING PASSING THROUGH COMPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THOSE IN UNDERGROUND PUBLIC CAR PARKS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON SAMUEL WONG PING-WAI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

/THE BUILDING