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Scope and Content
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Records in this series relate to the work of ad hoc groups established within UMELCO and OMELCO to examine legislation proposals including draft bills and subsidiary legislation referred to the Legislative Council by the Administration before September 1992.
The records in this series include meetings of ad hoc groups and with non-government organizations and representatives of the Administration as well as submissions and representations.
Among the subjects covered by the records are audit, inland revenue, travel agents, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the Mass Transit Railway, factories and industrial undertakings, official languages, mental health, waste disposal, occupational retirement schemes, organized serious crimes, Hospital Authority Bylaws, trademarks, the Securities and Futures Commission and noise control.
The types of documents found among the records include letters, memoranda, speeches, notes of meetings, reports, and convener’s briefs.
This series excludes records relating to ad hoc groups set up to examine matter of public concern or policy issues, which are grouped separately under LAS 32: Ad Hoc Groups Records.
Records relating to the work and operation of the In-house meetings in UMELCO and OMELCO are available in LAS 12: House Committee Records.
Before adoption of a new committee structure by the Council in 1992, apart from ad hoc groups, UMELCO and OMELCO had formed a variety of committees, working groups, steering groups or expert groups to deal with particular non-bills related issues or in-house matters. Records of the above mentioned committees and groups except for ad hoc groups are grouped in LAS 34: Records Relating to Working Groups Formed before 1992.
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Physical Description
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Files comprise both hard and soft cover manila folders. Enclosures are attached using Treasury tags.
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