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I move on now to the Bill itself.

Members of the Ad Hoc Group were

Clause 2 (a) (i) SO

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as

unanimous in our

to afford more

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flexibility regarding appointment of the Vice Chairman. There is

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beat of Housing taking up this ole

this point, but it was agreed that there ought to be enough scope for change should the need arise with changing circumstances in

the future.

The Ad Hoc Group has also pointed out that clause 1(2) of the Bill does not achieve the intended effect of bringing about

Apoll 1952 on the Housing Authority 1.4.83. The the proposed changes to Administration has subsequently agreed that an amendment should be

moved to the clause to achieve the desired effect.

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will

accordingly be moving amendments at

Committee Stage to the above lauses.

There was discussion as

an ex-civil servant to whether

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should be appointed to the chairmanship of the Authority.

In the

end the consensus of those present was that with this particular job, there should not be any objection, but the appropriateness of appointing ex-civil servants to chairmanship of similar autonomous authorities should be considered individually and separately.

any

surplus

to

the

Government.

Members

Clause 7 7 empowers the Authority to make allocation to reserves and the Financial Secretary to direct the Authority to

pay

considered this

against the background of the new financial arrangements, accepted

the former

the an operational necessity and found

latter

acceptable provision to ensure a balance between the interest of the Authority in terms of the public it serves and the interest of the wider public.

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Another important

discussion.

Members

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question surfaced in the

course

of

were

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concerned

whether the

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