THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1987
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RC EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES APPROVED
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VARIOUS REGIONAL COUNCIL
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ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE FOR THE SERVICES WERE APPROVED DURING ITS FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY MR NATHAN MA, WAS TOLD THAT
EXPENDITURE FOR 1988-89 WOULD BE $1,253 MILLION.
ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES WOULD BE GETTING THE BIGGEST SHARE, ESTIMATED TO BE 9572 MILLION OR 45.7 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE.
SERVICES IN THIS RESPECT INCLUDE PUBLIC CLEANSING, MANAGEMENT OF MARKETS, CONTROL OF HAWKERS AND MANAGING CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA.
SECOND ON THE LIST WAS THE PROVISION OF RECREATION AND CULTURE ACTIVITIES AT $422 MILLION, OR 33.6 PER CENT OF THE OVERALL SPENDING PLAN.
THE BUDGETED AMOUNT WOULD BE USED IN MANAGING RECREATION AND SPORTS FACILITIES AND AMENITIES, PROMOTING AND PROVIDING RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES AND PROVIDING CULTURAL SERVICES AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES AS WELL AS MUSEUM SERVICES.
MORE THAN $114 MILLION OR 9.1 PER CENT OF THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET, HAD BEEN ALLOTED FOR CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMMES.
AS FOR ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SUPPORT, SOME $145 MILLION OR 11.6 PER CENT HAD BEEN ASSIGNED FOR THE RUNNING OF DAY-TO-DAY COUNCIL AND DEPARTMENT OPERATION.
THE ESTIMATES WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE ADOPTED BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING ON DECEMBER 22 (TUESDAY).
RSD ACCOUNTANT POST UPGRADED
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THE SENIOR TREASURY ACCOUNTANT POST IN THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CHIEF TREASURY ACCOUNTANT IN RECOGNITION OF THE INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FINANCE AND SUPPLIES DIVISION.
A PROPOSAL TO THIS EFFECT WAS ENDORSED BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND LATER APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 9, 1987.
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