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Consumer Goods Safety (Amendment) Bill

Following is the speech by the Secretary for Trade and Industry, Miss Denise Yue, in moving the second reading of the Consumer Goods Safety (Amendment) Bill 1996 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Mr President,

I move that the Consumer Goods Safety (Amendment) Bill 1996 be read a second time.

This is the last of the six amendment bills which seek to amend the definition of an item in transit in the relevant Ordinances. In line with the amendments proposed in the five preceding Bills, this Bill also seeks to delete the reference to "vehicle" from the definition of "goods in transit" in Section 2 of the Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance. The Ordinance imposes obligations on manufacturers and suppliers of certain consumer goods to ensure that the goods they supply are safe. Goods in transit are exempted from the controls under the Ordinance. The amendment is proposed for the same reason which I have already explained in moving the Trade Descriptions (Amendment) Bill 1996.

Mr President, I move that the debate on this motion be now adjourned.

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HK-Guangdong infrastructural developments

Following is a question by the Hon Ngan Kam-chuen and a written reply by the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands, Mr Bowen Leung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Officials of the Guangdong Province have earlier announced that they would bring Hong Kong into the scope of their planning, and that they would commence the planning and construction of the Tuen Mun-Zhuhai Bridge and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bridge on their own. However, the results of the study on the impact of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Western Corridor (Santin to Wong Kong; Shekou to Yuen Long) and the Tuen Mun-Zhuhai Bridge on the development of the Northwest New Territories have yet to be announced by the Government. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council :