>
152
The President suspended the sitting at 4.27 p.m.
The Council resumed at 4.45 p.m.
Mrs. Selina CHOW, Miss Maria TAM, Dr. Henrietta IP, Mr. CHAN
Ying-lun, Mrs. Rita FAN, Mrs. Pauline NG, Mr. Peter POON,
Mr. YEUNG Po-kwan and Mr. Kim CHAM spoke on the motion.
The Chief Secretary, in accordance with Standing Order 68, moved the suspension of Standing Order 8(2) at 6.00 p.m.
Question proposed, put and agreed to.
Mr. Jackie CHAN, Mr. CHENG Hon-kwan, Mr. Hilton CHEONG-LEEN, Mr. Helmut SOHMEN and Mr. TAM Yiu-chung continued to speak on the motion.
The Attorney General moved that the motion be adjourned.
Question proposed, put and agreed to.
The President suspended the sitting at 6.53 p.m.
The Council resumed at 7.18 p.m.
PUBLIC FINANCE ORDINANCE
The Financial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following motion:
That
w
1. Authority is hereby given for a sum not exceeding $17,427,373,000 to be charged on the general revenue in advance of an Appropriation Ordinance for expenditure on the services of the Government in respect of the financial year commencing on 1 April 1988.
2. Subject to this resolution, the sum so charged may be expended against the heads of expenditure, and expenditure for each such head shall be arranged in accordance with the subheads, shown in the draft Estimates of Expenditure 1988-89 or, where such estimates are changed under the provisions of the Public Finance Ordinance as applied by section 7(2) of that Ordinance, in accordance with such estimates as changed.
3. Expenditure in respect of any head shall not exceed the aggregate of the amounts specified in respect of each subhead in that head, by reference to percentages, paragraph 4(a) and (b).
in