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Oral answers to questions
11
and corporatisation
Privatisation of public sunces
Revised
Question No. 1
dost
1. DR. CHIU asked:
Question Will
Government
this inform
Council, whether consideration is being given to privatizing some of the
the public services and, if so, what services are likely to be privatized?
REPLY BY THE HONOURABLE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY
IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 1988
FINANCIAL SECRETARY:
sir,
The
only
public
S
service
consideration for privatization is that
running of
currently
under
relating
to the
abattoirs. We are examining the possibility of
transferring this service
private
from the Urban Council to the
sector, with the Urban Council retaining its public
health responsibilities.