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HONG KONG TELNO 1704 : EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

AT THE PART I MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HELD ON 30 MAY, THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL ORDERED THAT

(A) THE ELECTRICITY BILL 1989 SHOULD BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SUBJECT TO: ENSURING THAT CLAUSE 49(3) WOULD ONLY APPLY TO SERIOUS CASES WHERE EMERGENCY ACTION WAS REQUIRED: WITH REGARD TO CLAUSE 9, SEPARATE POWER BEING GIVEN TO THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL TO MAKE REGULATIONS SPECIFYING THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH EXEMPTION WOULD BE GRANTED: AND IN CLAUSE 41(2)(B), THE MAXIMUM FINE TO BE IMPOSED ON A CONTRACTORY BEING DOLLARS 100,000:

(B) THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION) BILL 1989 SHOULD BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL:

(C) THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) BILL 1989 SHOULD BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL:

(D) THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1989 SHOULD BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL:

(E) THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1989 SHOULD BE

INTRODUCTED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL: AND

(F) THE PROPOSAL TO MAKE A PRIVATE TREATY GRANT OF GOVERNMENT LAND IN SHATIN TO THE LI PO CHUN UNITED WORLD COLLEGE (HONG KONG) LTD. SHOULD BE APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE, WITH CONFIRMATION SUBJECT TO THE SATISFACTORY OUTCOME OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNITED WORLD COLLEGES' INTERNATIONAL BOARD TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PLACES AVAILABLE TO LOCAL STUDENTS FROM 30 PERCENT TO AS NEAR TO 50 PERCENT AS

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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BRIEFED MEMBERS ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE IMMIGRATION AMENDMENT (NO. 2) BILL 1989, TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 31 MAY. INDIVIDUAL PANELS ESTABLISHED TO

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