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MFN MOTION PASSED IN LEGCO

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1993

A MOTION URGING THE UNCONDITIONAL RENEWAL OF THE MOST-FAVOURED- NATION STATUS FOR CHINA WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AFTER A THREE-HOUR DEBATE.

ALLEN

ON

THIRTY MEMBERS SPOKE IN THE DEBATE PROPOSED BY THE HON LEE. THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR TH

CHAU, SPOKE BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.

MOREOVER, 12 MEMBERS SPOKE IN THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE RAISED THE HON LAU CHIN-SHEK ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. THE SECRETARY EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, WINDED UP THE DEBATE.

BY

FOR

THE EIGHT BILLS SEEKING ΤΟ IMPLEMENT THE REVENUE-RELATED PROPOSALS IN THE BUDGET WERE PASSED WITHOUT AMENDMENTS.

ESTATE DUTY 1993,

STAMP BILL

THEY WERE INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993, (AMENDMENT} BILL 1993, ENTERTAINMENTS TAX (REPEAL) BILL DUTY (AMENDMENT} BILL 1993, DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (AMENDMENT) 1993, MOTOR VEHICLES (FIRST REGISTRATION TAX) (AMENDMENT) BILL ROAD TRAFFIC (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 1993 AND CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL (PASSAGE TAX) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993.

1993,

FIVE OTHER BILLS WERE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS. DEBATES ON THEM WERE ADJOURNED.

THE BILLS WERE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (ADJOURNMENT DURING GALE WARNINGS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993, ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993, FIXED PENALTY (TRAFFIC CONTRAVENTIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993, BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 AND NOISE CONTROL (AMENDMENT} 1993.

BILL