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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993

PASSED TO

WAS

IN

DEPARTMENT

MR BASON SAID THE TDS CONSULTATION DIGEST HAD BEEN THE CHINESE SIDE FOR REFERENCE AND THE PLANNING PLANNING TO VISIT AND EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH THE PLANNING AUTHORITIES GUANGZHOU, SHENZHEN AND ZHUHAI DURING THE CONSULTATION PERIOD.

HE

THE

PUBLIC

CONSULTATION

BEGAN

IN

SAID SINCE

PROCESS

HAD BEEN SEPTEMBER, ABOUT 12,000 COPIES OF THE CONSULTATION DIGEST

BOARDS, COMMITTEES DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC AND SOME 70 MAIN ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN CONSULTED.

AND

31 AND

THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE WILL END ON DECEMBER THE TDS REVIEW IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.

STI ON CONSUMER PROTECTION

THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND THE FOLLOWING IS THE SPEECH BY

ON CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE DEBATE THE MOTION IN INDUSTRY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY):

MR PRESIDENT,

I AM GRATEFUL TO MR MAN SAI CHEONG FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY PROTECTION. I ΤΟ RE-AFFIRM THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO CONSUMER WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OTHER MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN THIS DEBATE TO SUPPORT THE FURTHER ENHANCEMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION.

PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A KEY CONSIDERATION IN THE FORMULATION OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNING THE SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTORS. RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR PROPER SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ABUSE OF

WHOSE BARGAINING INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER ESPECIALLY THE CONSIDERABLY WEAKER THAN THAT OF BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.

WE FULLY CONSUMERS, POWER IS

NEW LEGISLATION

NERD

FOR

I WISH TO

IN OF

MR MAN AND SOME OTHER MEMBERS HAVE REFERRED TO THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPOSITE LEGISLATION ON CONSUMER PROTECTION. POINT OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO THE PROTECTION OF A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE CONSUMER THE CONSUMER BY WAY OF LEGISLATION. GOODS SAFETY BILL WHICH I INTRODUCED INTO THIS COUNCIL LAST WEDNESDAY. UPON THE ENACTMENT OF THE BILL, THERE WILL BE, FOR THE FIRST TIME HONG KONG'S HISTORY, CATCH-ALL LEGISLATION REQUIRING THE SUPPLY CONSUMER GOODS WHICH ARE REASONABLY SAFE, AND INTRODUCING CRIMINAL THIS MEANS AGAINST SANCTIONS

THE SUPPLY OF UNSAFE CONSUMER GOODS.

NEED TO TAKE A AND SUPPLIERS WILL IMPORTERS THAT MANUFACTURERS, CRITICAL LOOK AT THE SAFETY OF THEIR GOODS BEFORE THEY ARE BROUGHT TO THE MARKET.

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