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will receive a bigger blow. Such taxes

difficult to do various businesses.

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feel that the Government should not tax children and young people who are not income jearning.

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Sir, the Vietnamese Refugees have no relationship whatsoever with Hong Kong, but Vietnamese Refugees have become a regular item, annually, on the Governor's Policy Address

and the Budget. Since more than ten years ago, the Hong Kong public

has spent huge sums of money

these boat-people. Although we

have raised strong objections, the Government has still been unable

to solve the problem. We have spent more than $1 billion to remain as a place of firstfasylum, the honour of which was bestowed on us by Britain. We are very tired of this high-handed measure.

I want to ask "We have to wait until when to change this tide?"

Sir, may I

to beg Britain

refugees and to allow Hong Kong a free-hand to repatriate or to turn away the refugees. I hope, in the next budget, there will be no more proposal to spend more on the Vietnamese Refugees.

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Sir, with these remarks, I support

31 HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT- Members might like to take a further 32 short break at this point. There are still a number of members due 33 to speak and there is a Finance Committee after this session. So,

I propose that the break now should be for 10 minutes. Those who 35 wish to eat upstairs can of course do so at any time.

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