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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1976
POINTING OUT THAT 3,500 PROVISIONAL LICENCES FOR MOTOR CYCLES WERE ISSUED LAST YEAR AND PLUS THOSE CARRIED FORWARD FROM 1974, HE SAID IT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THERE WAS A THRIVING ILLEGAL BUSINESS IN THIS FIELD.
ON MEDICAL AND HEALTH, MR. LOBO NOTED THAT THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN HIS BUDGET SPEECH MENTIONED THAT THE PROVISION FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES REPRESENTED 8.7 PER CENT OF TOTAL EXPENDITURE IN 1976/77, COMPARED WITH 9.5 PER CENT OF THE REVISED ESTIMATES FOR 1975/76.
HE QUESTIONED WHETHER THIS LOWERING OF THE PRIORITY WOULD MEAN FURTHER DELAY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE MEDICAL WHITE PAPER WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN SHELVED FOR A YEAR.
HE ALSO ASKED THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES TO REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY HIS DEPARTMENT IN THE PAST SIX YEARS, AND THE PROGRESS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
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