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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986
NOTHER PROPOSAL IN THE BILL ALLOWS CERTIFIED COPIES OF MICRO ILMED RECORDS KEPT BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TO BE ADMITTED AS TRUE COPIES AS EVIDENCE IN THE COURTS WITHOUT FURHTER PROOF, BUT THE APPROPRIATE WEIGHT TO BE GIVEN TO SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE A MATTER FOR THE COURTS TO DECIDE.
AT PRESENT, THE USE OF MICROFILMS IN COURTS REQUIRED DIRECT ORAL EVIDENCE FROM EACH OFFICER WHO HAS TAKEN PART IN MAKING THEM, AND THIS REPRESENTED A STRAIN ON THE MANPOWER RESOURCES OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, MR JEAFFRESON SAID.
THE DEPARTMENT NOW KEPT 4.1 MILLION MICROFILMED FILES AND ABOUT 147 MILLION MICROFILMED PASSENGER ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE CARDS, HE ADDED.
$1 169.7 MILLION SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1986-87 AMOUNTED TO $1 169.7 MILLION.
MR JACOBS SAID THE SUM INCLUDED $500 MILLION FOR PAYMENT TO THE MASS TRANSIT FUND TO ENABLE THE PROCEEDS OF A DEBT REPAYMENT BY THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION TO BE SET ASIDE TOWARDS AN EQUITY INJECTION OF $1 000 MILLION FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION IN 1987-88.
OTHER SUMS OF SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION APPROVED HAD BEEN OFFSET EITHER BY SAVINGS UNDER THE SAME OR OTHER HEADS OF EXPENDITURE OR BY DELETION OF FUNDS UNDER THE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT VOTES. THESE INCLUDED SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF $360.1 MILLION FOR THE FORMATION OF THE NEW HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.
+APPROVED COMMITMENTS WERE INCREASED BY $585.4 MILLION DURING THE PERIOD, AND NEW COMMITMENTS OF $83.1 MILLION WERE ALSO APPROVED,+ MR JACOBS SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THESE ITEMS HAD BEEN APPROVED EITHER BY FINANCE COMMITTEE OR UNDER DELEGATED AUTHORITY.
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