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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19,

1994

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BILL TO EFFECT LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION LAW

A BILL THAT MARKS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN THE LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

PROCESS OF INTO THE

CIVIL TO DATE, THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE REGULATION OF

GOVERNED BY UK AVIATION IN HONG KONG HAS, FOR THE MOST PART, BEEN ENACTMENTS APPLIED TO HONG KONG.

30, 1997,

AVIATION LAWS

AS UK ENACTMENTS CANNOT REMAIN IN FORCE AFTER JUNE THEY MUST BE REPLACED BY A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF CIVIL ENACTED IN HONG KONG.

AVIATION

"THE ENACTMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE BODY OF LOCAL CIVIL LEGISLATION IS CRUCIAL TO ENSURING THAT HONG KONG MAINTAINS ITS STATUS AS A CENTRE OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL AVIATION.

"THE

OBJECTIVE,

PROPOSED BILL IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THAT THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR GORDON SIU, SAID WHEN THE SECOND READING OF THE CIVIL AVIATION BILL IN LEGCO.

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MOVING

MR SIU SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL WAS TO REPLACE, THROUGH THE ENACTMENT OF LOCAL LEGISLATION, A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS COVERING CIVIL AVIATION MANAGEMENT AND AIR TRANSPORT REGULATIONS WHICH WERE CURRENTLY

KONG BY THE UK CIVIL AVIATION APPLIED TO HONG TERRITORIES) ORDER 1969.

DAY-TO-DAY

ACT 1949

(OVERSEAS

OPERATION

PROVISIONS IN OF CIVIL

HE SAID THE BILL REPLACED A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL

ΤΟ UK ORDER

THE RELATING AVIATION MANAGEMENT.

THE

MODIFICATIONS

TO

THE UK LAW HAVE BEEN MADE

WHERE CONSIDERED

NECESSARY TO SUIT HONG KONG'S PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, HE ADDED.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

HELP PROPOSED FOR RELEASED ADULT PRISONERS

*

TO

REINTEGRATE

THE

DISCHARGED ADULT PRISONERS WILL BE ENCOURAGED INTO SOCIETY AS LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS UNDER A BILL INTRODUCED INTO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

STATUTORY POST-

OF

THE BILL PROPOSES TO SET UP AN INDEPENDENT, RELEASE SUPERVISION BOARD, CHAIRED BY A JUDGE, OR A FORMER JUDGE, THE HIGH COURT OR DISTRICT COURT, TO ADMINISTER THE SCHEME.

SUPERVISION OF

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE POST-RELEASE PRISONERS BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, THE BOARD WOULD EXAMINE THE CASE OF EACH PRISONER FALLING SCOPE OF THE SCHEME.

SAID

UNDER THE

/IT WILL

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