HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL - 28 February 1990
香港立法局———————— 一九九0年二月二十八日
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SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS: Sir, we have always prided ourselves on the intelligence and commonsense of our Bar whose members, I am sure, will look after this contingency. (Laughter)
鄭德健議員問:主席先生,負責審批最高法院大樓建築圖則和最後驗收的建築拓展署前任署理處 長莫維德曾經在八五年因為貪污而被定罪,政府可否告知本局,這次高等法院大樓雲石表層剝落 ,會不會是有關人士施工時偷工減料而令到有些人須負起責任?
SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS: Sir, as far as I am aware, there is no corruption suspected in this case.
MR. CHENG HON-KWAN: Sir, will the Secretary be prepared to inform Members of the outcome of the investigation in due course?
SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS: Sir, I will be very happy to inform Members of the outcome of the investigation.
Control of monopoly by non-franchised commercial corporations
3. 周美德議員問:政府可否告知本局,會否訂立法例或設立一個組織,以規管一些以壟斷方式 經營的非專利商業機構,例如香港中華煤氣有限公司,從而確保公眾的利益獲得保障?
SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES: Sir, Government has an overall interest in ensuring the reliable provision of essential services to consumers at a reasonable price. Where the private sector companies can provide such services efficiently, Government believes that they should be allowed to do so with the minimum of government interference, with the companies themselves remaining directly accountable to their consumers as far as possible.
However, Government recognizes that such companies cannot be allowed to exploit their monopoly or quasi-monopoly position at the expense of the consumer. Where it is evident that the charging of excessive prices or other forms of undesirable monopoly behaviour would result, some form of Government regulation is usually necessary.
The way in which this regulation is exercised in cases in which it is applied depends on the size of the company, its position in the market, and the nature of