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activities of Hong Kong. And Hong Kong thus derives benefits in various spheres. Owing to their importance, we must avoid adopting any measures contrary to the principles that we have followed all along at a time when we are in bad need of increasing our revenue. If we have any doubts about the interpretation of the bills which have been passed, we must remain "calm and steady" and try our best to avoid adopting any measures which may lead to long-term losses that have so far not yet shown for the time being. On the other hand, if, in the matter of basic principles or administrative measures, need to deviate from our longstanding principles in the interpretation of certain legislation, we should consider and analyse it more carefully and seriously and in great detail and hasty decisions are to be avoided.
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Sir, I am glad to see that the Financial Secretary has given serious consideration to certain views expressed as shown in paragraph 132 of his speech concerning the enactment of the I hope what is 1984 Amendment Ordinance relating to interest. said above will be of good reference when a decision is taken.
I am in total agreement with what the Financial Secretary said in paragraph 17 of the Budget Speech that in the Civil Service "productivity has obviously increased and is still increasing". The present situation is that while there should be no increase in the size of the Civil Service, there are indeed many areas where additional staff are needed to do the job. Priority will be a very important consideration if this goal is to be achieved. The statement "This can be achieved by cutting out waste, by increasing productivity and by eliminating unnecessary work" in paragraph 57 of the Budget Speech is indeed a very valid remark. The problem is how these can be achieved. Among the Government's many and diverse duties, was te certainly exists while certain unnecessary work may already be there for quite a long time, but they have not
How disappeared with changes in both environment and work. then are we going to pinpoint these problems and try to solve