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The process is lengthy and cumbersome, involving [...] [...]

As results achieved and difficulties encountered were reviewed in much detail in each of these documents, it would be redundant to repeat their contents hereafter.

[...] essential to the long-term sustainability [...]

Going forward, we will continue to maintain the same rigorous standards of corporate governance.

The auditors have reported their factual findings on the selected samples based on the agreed procedures to the Board of Directors.

The Director-General has also borne in mind that the present C/4 and C/5 system is rather complex and cumbersome, that it has too many layers with too many categories difficult to distinguish (e.g. cross-cutting themes, mainstreaming, flagships, principal and other priorities), that it limits flexibility to meet evolving programme resource needs, that intersectoral efforts are too often an afterthought in the programming exercise and that monitoring does not receive sufficient attention.

While there is no need to repeat any of these here, since they have been submitted separately to the Executive Committee under the annual work programmes for each of the sector plans, it is useful to briefly introduce the work that has been carried out in the control of imports and exports of ODS under the project.

Increasing both the number of food items and the number of samples per individual food commodity for laboratory analysis could provide a more comprehensive coverage and a more precise estimate of the range and average EC concentration of fermented foods in the Hong Kong market.

(h) (i) Where by virtue of this Ordinance any right or liability of First Pacific Bank becomes or is deemed to become a right or liability of Bank of East Asia, Bank of East Asia and all other persons shall, on and from the appointed day, have the same rights, powers and remedies (and in particular the same rights and powers as to taking or resisting legal proceedings or making or resisting applications to any authority) for ascertaining, perfecting or enforcing that right or liability as if it had at all times been a right or liability of Bank of East Asia; and any legal proceedings or application to any authority existing or pending immediately before the appointed day by or against First Pacific Bank may be continued by or against Bank of East Asia.

It was also agreed that the commentary should be expanded to include additional examples of situations in which exclusions might be appropriate, including where there were burdensome assets, such as assets carrying an environmental liability or assets that would be difficult or costly to administer, or where the consequences of fraud might be exacerbated if certain assets were to be included in the order for substantive consolidation.

In response to Dr Priscilla LEUNG's concern about the regulation of the use and transfer of personal data in corporate mergers, Acting Deputy Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data advised that as corporate mergers were common commercial activities, the Bill proposed to exempt from Data Protection Principle 3 the transfer or disclosure of personal data for use in due diligence exercises in connection with mergers provided that (a) the personal data to be transferred were necessary; (b) the data transferee would provide the same products or services to the data subjects as did the original data user; (c) the consent of the data subjects to the data transfer could not be obtained despite the taking of all reasonably practicable steps; and (d) the data transfer did not include sale of the data.

[...] [...] Macroeconomic policies and growth; one P-2 post [...] [...]

I have encountered really poor and destitute people in my life and in my ministry as a religious leader, and I would like to ask the international community, especially the developed countries, not to underestimate the resourcefulness of the poor and not to find them burdensome.

The inordinate length of translation times, [...] [...]

The net decrease reflects reductions under most objects of expenditure, including $242,800 under consultants, mainly as a consequence of the increased use of in-house expertise, where possible; $104,700 under experts, resulting mainly from concerted efforts to combine meetings or reduce the number of experts and the duration of meetings, whenever possible; $121,200 under travel of staff, mainly attributable to increased utilization of video conferencing, combining trips and/or reducing the duration of travel as much as possible; $460,800 under contractual services, primarily owing to increased utilization of electronic means of disseminating publications; $111,000 under furniture and equipment, reflecting reduced requirements for the replacement of furniture and office equipment resulting from extending the lifespan of furniture and equipment; and $781,600 under grants and contributions, mainly owing to the termination of the contract with the International Computing Centre.

[...] resolution, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to seek a more effective strategy to fill current and future language post vacancies at all duty stations in a timely manner, took note of paragraph 92 of the report of the Secretary-General on the pattern of conferences (A/63/119 and Corr.1), and also requested the Secretary-General to hold the [...] [...]