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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1980
SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION (1978-79) BILL
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A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO GIVE FINAL LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION OF $1 017 MILLION FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1978-1979 WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION (1978-79) BILL 1980, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SAID THE BILL WAS THE LAST STAGE IN DISPOSING OF EXPENDITURE INCURRED DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1978-79.
+ IT ALSO SEEKS AN APPROPRIATION TO MEET EXPENDITURE INCURRED BY DEPARTMENTS WHERE RECEIPTS APPROPRIATED-IN-AJD FELL SHORT OF THE SUMS ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED, HE SAID.
+THE TOTAL SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION REQUIRED IS $1 017 MILLION UNDER 41 HEADS AS AGAINST SAVINGS OF $174 MILLION UNDER VARIOUS OTHER HEADS, MR. HADDON-CAVE SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
MRS. F.K. LI TO VISIT CHILDREN'S CENTRE *****
MRS. F.K. LI, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, WILL VISIT THE KWAI SHING CHILDREN CENTRE AT KWAI SHING (EAST) ESTATE TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
THE CENTRE, OPERATED BY PO LEUNG KUK, PROVIDES LONG-TERM PROTECTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES TO BO SEVERE GRADE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN RANGING IN AGES FROM SIX TO 16.
IT OFFERS EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE CHILDREN AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES.
MRS. LI WILL BE ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY MRS. KITTY SIU HON-SUM, CHAIRMAN OF PO LEUNG KUK, AND MR. CHAN HON-KONG, CHIEF LIAISON OFFICER OF THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE VISIT OF MRS. F.K. LI, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, TO PO LEUNG KUK'S KWAI SHING CHILDREN CENTRE AT BLOCK 13, GROUND FLOOR, KWAI SHING (EAST) ESTATE, AT 10 AM TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
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