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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1978
CHIEF SECRETARY THANKS MEMBERS OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON. SIR DENYS REBERTS TODAY THANKED MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND ASSURED THEM THAT THIS IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.+
SPEAKING AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR DENYS SAID MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE DEVOTED MUCH OF THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO THE SCRUTINY OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, +BOTH AT THE SPECIAL MEETINGS AT WHICH THEY EXAMINE THE DRAFT ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE AND AT REGULAR MEETINGS HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHEN REQUESTS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION ARE CONSIDERED.+
A REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON THE DRAFT ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE 1978-79 WAS TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
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