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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1993

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MOTION FOR INDEPENDENT BODY ON POLICE COMPLAINTS PASSED

A MOTION, MOVED BY THE HON JAMES TO KUN-SUN, URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO SET UP AN INDEPENDENT BODY TO HANDLE COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY), AFTER MORE THAN TWO HOURS OF DEBATE.

A TOTAL OF 20 MEMBERS SPOKE. THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT. AN AMENDMENT ΤΟ THE MOTION BY THE HON MRS PEGGY LAM WAS DEFEATED.

A MOTION MOVED BY THE HON SZETO WAH URGING FOR A REFERENDUM ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT WAS DEFEATED AFTER A THREE-HOUR DEBATE WHILE THE TWO MOTIONS UNDER THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE MOVED BY THE HON MRS ELSIE TU WERE PASSED.

THREE BILLS WERE PASSED, ALL WITH AMENDMENTS.

THEY ARE: COMPUTER CRIMES BILL 1992; CRIMES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL 1992; AND PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992.

THIRTEEN OTHER BILLS WERE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS. TEN OF THEM WERE BUDGET-RELATED. DEBATES ON THEM WERE ADJOURNED.

THE MOTION RAISED BY THE ACTING SERVICES, MRS ELIZABETH BOSHER, UNDER THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED.

SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC MARINE FISH (MARKETING)

TWO MOTIONS MOVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY, MR K Y YEUNG, UNDER THE MAGISTRATES ORDINANCE ORDINANCE RESPECTIVELY, WERE ALSO PASSED.

AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES

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