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MONDAY, MAY 31, 1993

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TO PROHIBIT A PERSON FROM ACTING AS A CHILD MINDER IF HI HAS CAUSED THE DEATH OF A CHILD AS A RESULT OF HIS IMPROPER CARE AS A CHILD MINDER;

TO EMPOWER THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO ENTER AND SEARCH PREMISES IN WHICH HE BELIEVES A PROHIBITED PERSON IS ACTING AS A CHILD MINDER;

THE MEMBERS, AFTER TAKING IN THE VIEWS OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, DECIDED THAT THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION SHOULD

BE TAKEN

FORWARD.

SWAC CHAIRMAN MR ERIC LI SAID THE USE OF LEGISLATION ITSELF

MIGHT BE LIMITED BUT IT WOULD SET THE MINIMAL ENFORCIBLE REQUIREMENT.

"IT WILL ALSO LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR OTHER POSITIVE MEASURES TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE SAME TIME, HE ADDED.

UNDER THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION A PARENT CAN CHECK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE WHETHER A PROSPECTIVE CHILD MINDER IS A "PROHIBITED PERSON".

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MEMBERS SUGGESTED THAT SUCH MINDER SHOULD BE SENT A DUPLICATE OF THE NOTIFICATION THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT A "PROHIBITED PERSON" UNDER THE PROPOSED BILL.

HOWEVER, MEMBERS ALSO NOTED THAT THE NOTIFICATION COULD ONLY SERVE THE PURPOSE OF CERTIFYING THAT THE PROSPECTIVE CHILD MINDER HAD NOT COMMITTED ANY OF THE OFFENCES SPECIFIED UNDER THE ORDINANCE AT THE TIME OF THE ISSUE OF THE NOTICE.

MR LI ALSO URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO ATTACH IMPORTANCE IN CHOOSING GOOD CHILD MINDERS.

APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF

SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, UNDER THE DELEGATED AUTHORITY FROM THE GOVERNOR, HAS APPOINTED MR ROBERT GEORGE KOTEWALL, QC, AS A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION FOR TWO YEARS FROM JUNE 1, 1993 TO MAY 31, 1995.

HE WILL REPLACE MR DAVID GLEDHILL,

WHO HAS SERVED ON THE

COMMISSION SINCE 1990.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY HAS ALSO RE-APPOINTED MR LEE AS A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM AUGUST 1, 1993 TO JULY 31,

/THESE FOLLOW

HON-CHIU

1994.