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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1994

GOVERNOR VISITS TAI PO

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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED TAI PO TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS THERE.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MISS CHRISTINE CHOW; TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PO PUI-LEONG; AND THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO YUNG-SANG, THE GOVERNOR FIRST TOURED FU SHIN STREET.

IT IS A POPULAR SHOPPING AREA WHERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED RECENTLY.

THE GOVERNOR ALSO VISITED THE MAN MO TEMPLE WHICH WAS BUILT MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO.

PO

LATER, HE INSPECTED ONE OF THE WORLD'S FIVE LARGEST LASER COMPACT DISC MANUFACTURING FACTORIES AT THE 76 HECTARE TAI INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

THE GOVERNOR THEN WENT TO THE TAI PO TAU PUMPING STATION WHERE RAW WATER AND TREATED WATER ARE DELIVERED TO TAI PO, SHA TIN AND KOWLOON AREAS.

BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS TOUR, MR PATTEN MET DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AT A RECEPTION IN A RESTAURANT IN TAI WO ESTATE.

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMISSION BILL

LEGISLATION

RELATING

TO WILL. BE ΤΟ

THE ADMINISTRATION WILL SOON INTRODUCE ESTABLISH BY STATUTE A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMISSION, WHICH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICE TO THE LEGCO.

COMMISSION THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

BILL WHICH PROVIDES THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR SETTING UP THE COMMISSION WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE ON FRIDAY (MARCH 4).

FROM

COMMENTING ON THE BILL, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) POINTED OUT THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD BE INDEPENDENT

то LEGISLATIVE THE ADMINISTRATION AND WOULD PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES COUNCILLORS THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE ARM, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SECRETARIAT.

THE SPOKESMAN

SAID FOLLOWING

A

BY DECISION

THE

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN MAY LAST YEAR TO SET UP THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMISSION, THE REORGANISATION EXERCISE HAD MADE GOOD PROGRESS.

"THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMISSION AND THE SECRETARIAT CAN

SUBJECT ΤΟ THE FORMALLY ESTABLISHED BY APRIL THIS YEAR,

PASSAGE

THE BILL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

BE

OF

INTRODUCED THE BILL IS SCHEDULED TO BE COUNCIL ON MARCH 9.

INTO THE LEGISLATIVE

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