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MDLIAN 1767
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
6. TIK CHI-YUEN MOVED THIS MOTION ON 13 MAY. ITS WORDING WAS: 'THAT IN VIEW OF STRONG DEMAND FROM VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, THIS COUNCIL URGES THE GOVERNMENT, IN FORMULATING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, TO INCREASE THE PROVISIONS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, SO THAT THERE WILL BE ADEQUATE RESOURCES IN THE COMING YEAR IN ORDER TO RAISE THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARD OF TEACHERS, TO STRENGTHEN IN-SERVICE TRAINING, TO MOVE TOWARDS THE TARGET OF AN ALL DEGREE-HOLDING TEACHING FORCE, AND FURTHERMORE, TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT, REDUCE THE NON-TEACHING WORK OF TEACHERS AND IMPROVED THE TEACHER/STUDENT RATION, SO AS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.' THE
MOTION WAS CARRIED.
IMPACT OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME ON PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD
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7. ALBERT CHAN MOVED THIS MOTION ON 13 MAY. ITS WORDING WAS: THAT, IN VIEW OF THE RECENT COMPLETION OF FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY STUDIES ON THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT RAILWAY, AS
WELL AS THE LATEST FINANCIAL ESTIMATES OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME, THIS COUNCIL REQUESTS THE GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME WILL NOT HAVE ANY MATERIAL EFFECT ON PUBLIC SPENDING ON SOCIAL SERVICES
AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS SO AS TO SAFEGUARD THE QUALITY OF
LIFE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.' THE MOTION WAS CARRIED
DEPOSIT PROTECTION SCHEME
8. EDWARD CHEN MOVED THE FOLLOWING MOTION ON 20 MAY: THAT THIS
COUNCIL URGES THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER SERIOUSLY THE INTRODUCTION OF A DEPOSIT PROTECTION SCHEME (DPS), TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF DPS FOR DEPOSITORS AND BANKS OF ALL SIZES, AND THE WIDER IMPLICATIONS FRO THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY AT LARGE IN THE EVENT OF BANK FAILURES.' THE MOTION
WAS CARRIED WITH 27 VOTES FOR THE MOTION AND 11 AGAINST.
INDUSTRIAL SAFELY
9. CONRAD LAM MOVED THE FOLLOWING MOTION ON 20 MAY: 'THAT IN VIEW
OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM OF INDUSTRIAL CASUALTIES IN THE
TERRITORY IN RECENT YEARS, IN PARTICULAR THE FREQUENT INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THIS COUNCIL URGES THE ADMINISTRATION TO SPEED UP ACTION TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE MEASURES THAT MAY HELP IMPROVE 'INDUSTRIAL SAFETY' IN HONG KONG AND TO
TAKE VIGOROUS AND PRACTICAL STEPS AS FOLLOWS
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