WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1974
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HOWEVER, HE FELT THAT SOME DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE WATERWORKS, THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, KAI TAK AIRPORT, THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT AND THE GENERAL POST OFFICE COULD BE RUN ALONG COMMERCIAL LINES AND HE SUGGESTED THAT THEY BE GIVEN INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTING SO THAT THEIR OPERATIONS ARE PROPERLY. COSTED, THEIR PROFIT AND LOSS CORRECTLY DRAWN UP AND THEIR BALANCE SHEETS ACCURATELY PREPARED.
ON THE WORK OF THE UNOFFICIALS, DR. CHUNG SAID THAT MANY OF HIS COLLEAGUES DEVOTED MORE THAN HALF THEIR TIME IN PERFORMING THEIR PUBLIC DUTIES, AND EVEN. THEN THEY FELT THEY WERE NOT DOING ENOUGH. THE UNOFFICIALS, HE NOTED, WERE BECOMING MORE ACTIVE AND VOCAL AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS RAISED BY THEM IN THE 1973/74 SESSION. THIS ALONE EXCEEDED THE TOTAL NUMBER ASKED DURING THE 22 POST-WAR YEARS PRIOR TO 1968.
IN ADDITION, THE OFFICIAL HANSARD REPORT FOR THE LAST SESSION NOW CONTAINED 1,200 PAGES, WHEREAS IN THE EARLY 1960S IT CONTAINED ONLY 300 TO 400 PAGES.
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