Sir,
Statement on the Government Minute in response to
Report No. 7 of the Public Accounts Committee by
the Honourable The Chief Secretary
in Legislative Council on Wednesday 13 March 1985
The Government Minute
is tabled as
the
Administration's response
response to the Public Accounts Committee
Report No. 7 which was tabled on 23 January 1985.
Its purpose is twofold: first, to comment as
appropriate on the conclusions and recommendations of the
Public Accounts Committee and, second, to indicate what
action the Administration has taken, or proposes
or proposes to take,
to remedy irregularities and to improve procedures and, if
necessary, to explain why it intended that no action shall
be taken.
As the Government Minute speaks for itself, I do
not propose to repeat here the response recorded therein,
except to mention that the Administration has taken
particular note of the observations set out in the General
Conclusions and Recommendations Section of the Committee'
Heads of departments and secretariat branches have
Report.
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