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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL-8 March 1989

香港立法局 一九八九年三月八日

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PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989

had passed through Committee without amendment and the

INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) BILL 1988

had passed through Committee with amendments and moved that the Bills be read the Third time and passed.

Question on the Bills proposed, put and agreed to.

Bills read the Third time and passed.

Member's motion

INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE

Mr. ARCULLI moved the following motion :

That the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1989, published as Legal Notice 38 of 1989 and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 15 February 1989, be amended in regulation 7 by repealing paragraph (b) of the Eighth Schedule and substituting

"(b) be in English and Chinese; and".

He said: Sir, I move the motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.

Under Regulation 7 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 laid on the table of this Council on 15 February 1989, it is provided that with effect from 1 July this year a notice in Chinese, English and Japanese must be displayed in taxis informing passengers that under our laws it was compulsory for front seat passengers to wear a safety seat belt. Members have considered this provision very carefully and it is felt that we may give the wrong message if our laws were to direct that such a simple matter warranted a legal notice in a language other than Chinese and English. Our Japanese visitors may not appreciate being singled out whilst the Americans might once again accuse us of getting emotional by insisting that they "belt up"