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2.

(3) A resolution of the Legislative

Council under subsection (2) may determine

Hong Kong Time for the whole or part of

a year.

(4) Nothing in this section shall

affect the use of Greenwich Mean Time ...

for the purposes of astronomy, meteorology,

navigation or aviation, or affect the

construction of any document mentioning

or referring to a point of time in

connexion with any of these purposes.".

Explanatory Memorandum

This Bill amends the Interpretation and

General Clauses Ordinance to replace the present..

standard time and summer time, which are respectively

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set at 8 and 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and

applied to prescribed periods of a year, with a more

flexible Hong Kong Time. This will be 8 hours, or

such other period as the Legislative Council may decide,

ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, for the whole or part of

a year.

Attorney General.