HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL — 14 March 1984
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(3)
Percentage of provision shown in
(1)
(2)
draft
Head of Expenditure
Subhead
Estimates
92
Legal Department
96
London Office
111 Hire of services and professional fees
116 Office rents and rates
30
25
104
Medical Subventions
All recurrent subheads
25
106
Miscellaneous Services
192
Refunds of revenue
100
126
Post Office
174
Dues to other administrations
50
134
Public Debt
238
Loans (Asian Development Bank) Ordin- ance, Cap. 271: Second Sha Tin urban development
project:
commitment
charges and interest
160
Radio Television Hong
102
Cable and Wireless services
200
70
30
Kong
167
Royal Hong Kong
245
Regiment
Pay and allowances for the auxiliary
services
(The Volunteers)
168
Royal Observatory
102
Cable and Wireless services
170
Social Welfare
177
Emergency relief ...
30
100
Department
172
Social Welfare
All recurrent subheads
Subventions
176
Subventions:
445
Hong Kong Trade Facilitation Council
228 22
30
Miscellaneous
462 United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse
Control....
100
178
Technical Education and
Industrial Training Department
All other recurrent subheads 468
Grant (Recurrent) Vocational Training
Council
82
25
25
He said: Sir, I move the second motion standing in my name in the Order Paper.
As is our normal practice, the debate on the Second Reading of the Appropriation Bill will be extended into April in order to give Members time to examine the draft Estimates of Expenditure for 1984–85. Thus the enactment of the Appropriation Bill cannot take place before the first day of April. The purpose of this motion is to seek funds on account to enable the Government to carry on existing services between the start of the financial year on 1 April 1984 and the enactment of the Appropriation Bill consequent on the decisions of this Council.
The funds on account sought under each head have been determined in accordance with paragraph three of the Resolution. This paragraph provides that expenditure shall be arranged in accordance with the subheads in the draft Estimates of Expenditure 1984-85. It also enables the Financial Secretary to vary the funds on account in respect of any subhead, provided that these variations do not cause an excess over the amount of provision entered for that subhead in the draft Estimates or an excess over the amount of funds on account for the head.