WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1985
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SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION AMOUNTS TO $262.5M
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SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION APPROVED FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1985-86 AMOUNTS TO JUST UNDER $262.5 MILLION, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
OF THIS SUM, SIR JOHN SAID, $145.8 MILLION WERE INCLUDED IN SUPPLEMENTARY WARRANTS.
+SOME MAJOR PROVISIONS INCLUDED $198.7 MILLION FOR THE PAYMENT OF GRANTS TO THE UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNICS, BAPTIST COLLEGE AND URBAN COUNCIL AS A RESULT OF THE 1985 CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT: $8.2 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC PREMISES AND $7.3 MILLION FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION OF RENT ALLOWANCES FOR FORMER GOVERNMENT TEACHERS AND THEIR REPLACEMENTS, HE ADDED.
SIR JOHN SAID IT WAS REASSURING TO NOTE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO NET INCREASE IN EXPENDITURE RESULTING FROM THE SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION APPROVED BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN OFFSET EITHER BY SAVINGS UNDER THE SAME OR OTHER HEADS OF EXPENDITURE OR BY DELETION OF FUNDS UNDER THE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS VOTES.
HE SAID APPROVED COMMITMENTS WERE INCREASED BY $43.5 MILLION AND NEW COMMITMENTS OF $151.4 MILLION WERE ALSO APPROVED.
MOVE TO SET UP NEW SELECT COMMITTEE *****
A MOTION TO APPOINT A SELECT COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE PROSECUTION AND TRIAL OF COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES WAS MOVED BY THE HON LYDIA DUNN AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY)
INTRODUCING THE MOTION, MISS DUNN RECALLED THAT A SELECT COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED ON MAY 1 THIS YEAR TO CONSIDER AND REPORT ON THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE PROSECUTION AND TRIAL OF COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES, INCLUDING CHANGES IN THE PROCEDURES BEFORE AND DURING TRIAL AND THE MODE OF TRIAL.
+HOWEVER, UNDER STANDING ORDER 61(5) A SELECT COMMITTEE IS AUTOMATICALLY DISSOLVED AT THE END OF EACH SESSION AND BY THE TIME MEMBERS WERE NOMINATED ON MAY 25, THIS COMMITTEE HAD ONLY SOME TWO MONTHS TO TACKLE A VERY IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX TASK, + SHE SAID.
'SHE POINTED