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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL: ACTIVITIES IN JUNE 1992.

SUMMARY

TWO LEGCO SITTINGS AND TWO FINANCE COMMITTEE (FC) MEETINGS

IN JUNE 1992. MEMBERS PUT ASIDE THEIR POLITICAL DIFFERENCE AND

MOURNED THE DEATH OF NG MING-YUM ON 22 JUNE AFTER FIGHTING LEUKAEMIA FOR FOUR MONTHS (PARA 1 OF OUR TELNO 730).

LEGISLATION

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SIX BILLS WERE INTRODUCED INTO LEGCO FOR FIRST READING. THE

LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992 TO

DECONTROL RENT IS CONTROVERSIAL.

3.

THE PACE OF LEGISLATIVE WORK CONTINUED TO PICK UP TOWARDS

THE END OF THE SESSION. TWELVE BILLS WERE ENACTED. THESE INCLUDED THE POLICE FORCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992, THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992, THE DANGEROUS DRUGS (AMENDMENT BILL AND THE ACETYLATING SUBSTANCES (CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992, WHICH WERE BILL OF RIGHTS RELATED.

4. AS AT 30 JUNE 1992, 87 BILLS HAD BEEN INTRODUCED INTO LEGCO, 61 OF WHICH HAD BEEN ENACTED. ABOUT 77 BILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE

ENACTED BY THE END OF THE CURRENT SESSION.

MOTION DEBATES

5.

FOUR MOTION DEBATES.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY

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STEVEN POON MOVED THIS MOTION ON 3 JUNE. ITS WORDING WAS: 'IN VIEW OF THE EXPIRY OF THE FRANCHISE OF HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY IN 1995, THIS COUNCIL URGES THE GOVERNMENT TO FORMULATE WITHOUT DELAY A COMPREHENSIVE AND LONG-TERM TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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