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WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1993

THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 AND THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 EMPOWER THE RESPECTIVE TUNNEL COMPANIES TO MAKE BY-LAWS FOR THE REGULATION OF AUTOMATIC TOLL COLLECTION FACILITIES AT THE TWO TUNNELS.

DEBATE ON THE BILLS WAS ADJOURNED.

0

SINGLE BODY FOR SPORTS PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT

* *

WITH

THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO CREATE A SINGLE STATUTORY BODY OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS AND FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, JAMES SO, SAID.

BOARD

MOVING

MR

DEVELOPMENT

THE SECOND READING OF THE HONG KONG SPORTS

BILL (AMENDMENT)

1993 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (WEDNESDAY), MR SO SAID THE BILL AIMED TO ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH

OF THE HONG KONG SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD (SDB) INTEGRATION HONG KONG SPORTS INSTITUTE (HKSI).

TODAY THE

AND THE

SEPARATE AND THE PROMOTION AND

AT PRESENT, THE BOARD AND THE INSTITUTE ARE TWO

BODIES STATUTORY

RESPONSIBLE FOR DISTINCT DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS IN HONG KONG.

"THIS HAS CREATED SOME PROBLEMS OF CO-ORDINATION, MR SO SAID.

"HAVING

OPERATION

AND

OF

GOVERNMENT PROMOTION

ORGANISATIONS LOOKED AT THE FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND

THE THEM, THESE

IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH TWO BODIES CONSIDERED THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE WIDER INTEREST OF SPORTS AND DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG TO STREAMLINE THE TWO ORGANISATIONS INTEGRATE THEIR MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES."

AND

IN

CERTAIN MANAGEMENT,

WITH THE CREATION OF A UNIFIED BOARD, MR SO SAID, A CENTRALISED APPROACH COULD

BE ADOPTED TO THEN

REMOVE OVERLAPPING FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, PERSONNEL PURCHASING, MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.

CLEAR

LINES OF FOR THE

REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY UNIFIED BODY AND WILL HELP

ΤΟ

WILL ACHIEVE

ALSO BE BETTER

ESTABLISHED VALUE-FOR-MONEY, HE ADDED.

WILL

UNDER THE PROPOSED BILL, THE SCOPE AND POWERS OF THE SDB BE EXPANDED TO ENABLE IT TO TAKE ON THE EXISTING FUNCTIONS OF THE HKSI BOARD.

TO ALLOW THE HKSI TO RETAIN A SEPARATE IMAGE AND IDENTITY, SDB WILL BE REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE INSTITUTE.

THE

FOR

/"THE CHAIRMAN