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MOLIAN 7770)

AD JOURNMENT DEBATES

19.

TWO ADJOURNMENT DEBATES ON TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT CROSS

HARBOUR TUNNEL AND USE OF DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRY PARKS WERE MOVED

IN JUNE. THEY ATTRACTED SOME PUBLIC INTEREST.

FINANCE COMMITTEE

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21.

TWO MEETINGS IN JUNE. ELEVEN ITEMS APPROVED.

AFTER MUCH HEATED DEBATE THE PROPOSAL TO CREATE A NEW GRADE

OF LAUNCH MASTER AND POSTS IN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

AND THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, WHICH FAILED TO BE ENDORSED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, WAS APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF 21 VOTES FOR T AND 12 VOTES AGAINST AT THE FC MEETING ON 12 JUNE. (PARA 14 OF OUR TELNO 1577).

SELECT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS

22.

THE SELECT COMMITTEE HAD COMPLETED ITS DELIBERATION AND

PRODUCED ITS DRAFT REPORT. IT MET IN PUBLIC ON 22 JUNE AND VOTES WERE TAKEN ON INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE REPORT AMID MUCH

HEATED DEBATE ON THE QUESTION OF VOTING SYSTEM. THE REPORT WILL BE TABLED IN LEGCO ON 8 JULY AND A MOTION DEBATE ON IT WILL BE

HELD ON 15 JULY. (PLEASE SEE OUR TELNOS 1671 AND 1701).

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (PAC)

23. THE PAC REPORT (WITH A SECTION ON THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY

OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) WILL BE TABLED IN LEGCO ON 15 JULY AS SCHEDULED.

24. AT THE LEGCO IN-HOUSE MEETING ON 3 JULY, MEMBERS AGREED TO ALLOW MARTIN LEE TO REPLACE NG MING-YUM UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF

THE REPORT. A NEW MEMBER WOULD BE ELECTED FOR THE NEXT SESSION.

COMMITTEE STRUCTURE

25. MEMBERS WERE ASKED TO NOTE THE DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE STANDING ORDERS TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW COMMITTEE STRUCTURE OF LEGCO

AT THE IN-HOUSE MEETING ON 26 JUNE. ELSIE TU WILL MOVE THE AMENDMENTS AT THE LEGCO SITTING ON 8 JULY. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT RONALD ARCULLI IS SATISFIED WITH THE AMENDMENTS TO THE STANDING

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