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This allowance system, he suggested, should take into account
the needs of the individual so that the percentage awards might well
be greater at the lowest levels, with a sliding scale for allowances for
those in the higher brackets.
He attributed the recent alarming increase in living costs to
"imported inflation" and "unjustified profiteering" and urged the government
to take at least "minimum steps" to tackle the problem.
This should include a full explanation of what the situation was
and what steps could be taken to deal with it; a constant review and control
of prices for essential commodities to curb unjustified profiteering; and
a search for new sources of supplies designed to bring down prices.
Earlier, Mr. Woo thanked the Governor for his opening address to
the Legislative Council, two weeks ago. Mr. Woo described it as "one of the
Commentative finest speeches ever made to this Council" and certainly "the most monumental".
He said there had never before been such vigorous leadership at
top government level, and it had proven in many spheres that the unchangeable
could be changed and the unachievable achieved.
"Here then is an unparalleled opportunity for a new start, a new
civic consciousness, a new morality," he said.
He emphasised, however, that it was now up to the community at large
"The key is corporate involvement, " he said. "This can lead
to respond.
us towards a corporate philosophy and a corporate identity."
/He also