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Move to facilitate widest circulation of Basic Law

Following is a question by the Hon Fric Li and a written reply by the acting Secretary for Home Affairs, Mrs Stella lung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Will the Government inform this Council whether copies of the Basic law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will be put on sale at the Government Publications Centre; if not, why not?

Reply:

In response to the enquiry, we confirm that action is in hand to make available copies of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the Government Publications Centre. These will be provided to members of the public free of charge to facilitate the widest circulation of this important document in the community.

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Plastics factory safety and health guide

Following is a question by the Hon Lau Chin-shek and a written reply by the Secretary for Trade and Industry, Miss Denise Yue, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

It is learnt that the application for an allocation of $1 million for the compilation of a code of industrial safety pertaining to the toys and plastics industries, which has been submitted to the Industry Department jointly by the Hong Kong Toys Council and the Hong Kong Plastics Manufacturers Association Limited, is still under consideration. In this regard, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

whether the application could be made available for examination by this. Council and the public;