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FOUR BILLS (INCLUDING THE APPROPRIATION BILL) WERE INTRODUCED INTO LEGCO FOR FIRST READING DURING MARCH. ONE (THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF MEDICINE BILL) WAS OF SOME PUBLIC INTEREST.
7. TWO NON-CONTROVERSIAL BILLS (INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 5) BILL 1991 ON LEVERAGED LEASING AND THE DENTISTS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO.2 ) BILL 1991) WERE ENACTED WITH SOME SLIGHT AMENDMENTS.
8. AS AT 27 MARCH, FIFTY-TWO BILLS HAD BEEN INTRODUCED INTO LEGCO. TWENTY-ONE OF THEM HAD BEEN ENACTED.
DEBATES
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ON 11 MARCH A MOTION ON LAW AND ORDER MOVED BY PEGGY LAM WAS CARRIED AFTER A DEBATE IN WHICH TWENTY-ONE MEMBERS SPOKE. THE MOTION READ: ''IN VIEW OF THE COMMUNITY'S STRONG CONCERN OVER VIOLENT CRIMES AND GANG ACTIVITIES, THIS COUNCIL URGES THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE IMMEDIATE AND APPROPRIATE MEASURES, INCLUDING THOSE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, EQUIPMENT AND MORALE OF THE POLICE FORCE, SO AS TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE, MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER AND REDUCE THE CRIME RATE IN HONG KONG'
10. AT THE SAME SITTING, NINE MEMBERS SPOKE IN THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE VOLUNTARY RETURN PROGRAMME FOR VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS MOVED BY MARTIN BARROW (DETAILS IN OUR TELNO 781).
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
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THE COMMITTEE DECIDED ON 10 MARCH AGAINST HOLDING ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS STAGE ON THE COST OVERRUNS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. MEMBERS WERE ASKED INSTEAD TO PUT FORWARD ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO BE EXAMINED.
LEGCO COMMITTEES STRUCTURE
12. THE REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON LEGCO COMMITTEE STRUCTURE WAS CONSIDERED AT THE SPECIAL IN-HOUSE MEETING ON 13 MARCH. DISCUSSION ON THE STATUS OF THE COMMITTEES TOOK UP PRACTICALLY THE ENTIRE MEETING. THE MAJORITY VIEW OF THE WORKING GROUP WAS THAT THE COMMITTEES FOR BILL SCRUTINY SHOULD BE SUB-
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