Question No. 1
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REPLY BY THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF SECRETARY
TO A QUESTION TO BE ASKED BY DR. HON. HENRIETTA IP IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL 1985
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Can Government state what are the classifying certain Finance Committee items.
confidential?
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Finance Committee agenda items are classified confidential if they contain information or material, the public disclosure of which would be prejudicial to the public interest. fact is that on occasions, when seeking approval for supplementary provision or the acceptance of a new or amended commitment, arguments have to be deployed and evidence produced of a confidential nature. Thus the item itself has to be discussed in a closed meeting, but the actual decision of the Committee is not confidential, obviously, for the published Estimates are, in effect, amended in one way or another.