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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 11 January 1989

香港立法局 一九八九年一月十一日

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(c) the society is likely to be used for any purpose prejudicial to or incompatible

with peace, welfare or good order in Hong Kong. (Added, 28 of 1961, s.3)

7. (1) The Registrar shall refuse to register or to exempt from registration any society, and shall refuse to permit a society to change the name of the society if the name, or the new name, as the case may be, of the society

(a) contains the words "rural committee" or any other words which in the opinion of the Registrar, suggest or are calculated to suggest that the society is a rural committee or a federation or other association of rural committees unless such society is a rural committee or a federation of rural committes acknowledged as such by the Secretary for District Administration;

(b) is identical with that by which a society already in existence is known or so nearly resembles that name as to be calculated in the opinion of the Registrar to mislead;

or

(c) in the opinion of the Registrar is calculated to mislead members of the public as to the true character or purpose of the society; or

(d) in the opinion of the Registrar suggests or is calculated to suggest that the society belongs to a class of persons listed in the Schedule, other than a society to which a notice under section 2(2A) has been given. (Amended, 36 of 1982, s.15)

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1)(a) the Secretary for District Administration, in his absolute discretion, may issue to any society a certificate in such form as he may prescribe showing that he acknowledges such society as a rural committee or as a federation or other association of rural committees and may cancel, amend or withdraw any such certificate and the issue or withdrawal of such certificate shall be conclusive evidence as to whether or not a society is acknowledged by the Secretary for District Administration as a rural committee or as federation or other association of rural committees. (Amended, L.N. 94/74 and L.N. 17/82)

(3) No registered society or exempted society shall change its name without the prior consent in writing of the Registrar. (Added, 28 of 1961, s.3)

Non-means tested old age allowance

11. MR. MCGREGOR asked: Will the Government inform this Council whether it will consider extending the non-means tested old age allowance to elderly people between the age of 65 to 69, and if so, when will a decision be taken on the matter?

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: In October 1987, proposals were announced in this Council for a package of improvements to the main