TNAG-1729-FCO40-2442-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 194

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There is no doubt that the Administration is nowadays

much more sensitive to the need for consumer protection

legislation. Apart from recommendations initiated

by the Consumer Council's Legislation Committee chaired

by another legislator, Mr. Chung Pui-Lam, we are

assisted in our efforts by the Law Reform Commission

and other public spirited bodies such as the Medical

Association. It is fair to say that the time taken

for the passage and enactment of such laws is considerably

shorter than three or four years ago.

A major breakthrough is government's decision to

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proceed with the preparation to introduce Consumer Safety legislation, as announced by you, Sir, when you opened the Consumers' Right to Know Campaign last

Saturday, Over the years the Consumer Council had

called for such legislation but had always met with

strong government resistence. It was not until two

years ago when the Council held its Product Safety Campaign that it managed to persuade government to

take a fresh look at the situation. Although it is

envisaged that such a law would only be used in rare

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circumstances when the sale of products posing an

immediate health and safety threat would be controlled

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