TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 17, 1987
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FUNDS SOUGHT FOR NEW PRINTING EQUIPMENT
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THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER APPROVING $14.32 MILLION FOR PURCHASING A NEW COMPUTER-AIDED PHOTO-TYPESETTING SYSTEM (CAPS) FOR THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT AT ITS MEETING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER ESTIMATES THAT BILINGUAL TYPESETTING
WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD WILL ALSO BE GENERATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF A CHINESE VERSION OF HONG KONG'S LAWS, AS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY STARTED TRANSLATING EXISTING LEGISLATION FROM ENGLISH TO CHINESE AND DRAFTING NEW LEGISLATION IN BOTH LANGUAGES.
THE NEW CAPS, WHICH COULD TYPESET ENGLISH AND CHINESE AT THE SAME TIME, WOULD REPLACE A COMPUTERISED PHOTO-TYPESETTING SYSTEM WHICH, INSTALLED IN 1980, HAS ALREADY REACHED THE LIMIT OF ITS DESIGN CAPACITY.
IN ADDITION, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER APPROVING SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS TOTALLING $96.433 MILLION ON GOVERNMENT PENSIONS AND THE GENERAL EXPENSES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE INCLUDING PERSONAL ALLOWANCES AND QUARTERING.
RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS SUB- COMMITTEES WILL ALSO BE EXAMINED.
OTHER ITEMS TO BE RAISED ARE:
* SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF $16.976 MILLION TO REIMBURSE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR EXPENDITURE INCURRED BY THE AUTHORITY ON GOVERNMENT-FUNDED ACTIVITIES DURING 1985-86;
* SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF $28.037 MILLION TO MEET INCREASED
PER CAPUT GRANTS AND SALARY SUPPLEMENTATION TO PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND INCREASED FEES FOR BOUGHT PLACES ;
* SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF $500 000 TO MEET INCREASED
EXPENDITURE ARISING FROM THE ENGAGEMENT OF TEMPORARY MAGISTRATES 1
* REVISION OF THE RATE OF HONORARIUM PAID TO UNOFFICIAL
OVERSEAS MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE THIRD UNIVERSITY AND TO THE UNOFFICIAL OVERSEAS CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC AWARDS;
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