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18.5% The corresponding figures for
subvented hospitals are 11,885 by 1992 compared with
bar cent 95 to 156 in 1988 or a growth of 24.3, by 1992
ber cent
her cent
the proportion of total expenditure will be 10.9%, or
per cent 1.5% increase over 9.4% of 1988. This is an increase per cent, which fifme I believe is on the in real terms of 38, this is perhaps a rathet
conservative
aide, becaust
Expenditure for the Hospital
8 Authority has not been counted yet.
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it is pleasing that the Government is determine to improve hospital services, I wonder if the Government
picats groups
can provide statistics to show the breakdown fementage o cint
ant sewants his forment
middle and your innemand, people who go to op rnment and Provented hespitals,
to nait gove
Formement and subvented hospitals. Instance what about Civil Servants, high income,
middle-income and lower-income groups. If we have this
information it would be useful for a fairer
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In the year before last the Government said that assistance should be offered to those in greatest need. If that
is the right direction then the Government should devise a more specific and comprehensive plan and clearly tell the public how it is going to implement that
conviction in the context of social services and other 25 public services. For a long time now the sandwich
class in Hong Kong has been complaining that it has not
been cared for by the Government very much. The
Government has responsibility of showing that the
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middle-income group have not been neglected and it should do so with figures and facts.
32 Sir, I hope that the Financial Secretary will clearly tell us
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how the Government is going to handle possible inflation
and I hope that the Financial Secretary will not delay separate taxation simply on the basis of complexity of
operation.