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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1988
SPENDING CAPITAL PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING CITY CLEARANCE, WAS FORECAST TO BE $16.9 BILLION ABOUT 19 PER CENT ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN CASH SECRETARY SAID.
MAJOR NEW
PROJECTS
TO
THE KOWLOON WALLED AN INCREASE OF TERMS, THE FINANCIAL
IN THE
YEAR
SEVERAL AND
START
INCLUDE HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENTS IN BOTH THE NEW TERRITORIES AND URBAN AREAS, LAND FORMATION CONTRACTS IN RESPECT OF THE TIN SHUI WAI DEVELOPMENT.
SAID THE ALLOCATION WAS ON HOUSING, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY 12.6 PER CENT OF THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNT EXPENDITURE.
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EXPECTS TO PRODUCE SOME FLATS EVER PRODUCED
IN 1988-89, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY 45,000 RENTAL FLATS, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF SUCH IN A SINGLE YEAR, MR JACOBS SAID.
**
BE PRODUCED UNDER IN ADDITION, 12,160 FLATS WERE EXPECTED TO THE HOME OWNERSHIP AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEMES NEXT YEAR, WHICH WAS 21 PER CENT OVER THE AVERAGE ANNUAL PRODUCTION TARGET THESE SCHEMES, HE SAID.
UNDER
HECTARES
OVER TOTAL
NET LAND PRODUCTION IN 1988-89 WAS EXPECTED TO BE 165
HECTARES FOR 1987-88. COMPARED WITH A REVISED ESTIMATE OF 174
1989-90 TO 1991-92, FORECAST THE THREE YEARS OF THE PRODUCTION WAS EXPECTED TO 1,092 HECTARES, HE ADDED.
PERIOD
PROPOSAL
TO INCREASE EXPENDITURE
MR THE
JACOBS INDUSTRY, MANUFACTURING A YEAR HAD ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED ON
ON THE GOVERNMENT'S SIGNIFICANTLY IN SUPPORT OF SAID MORE THAN $1 SERVICES FOR INDUSTRY.
BILLION
INCREASED "OUR PLANS FOR
EXPENDITURE
IN 1988-89
INCLUDE A YEAR OF A PRODUCTIVITY
THE TOWARDS
OF CREATION
A THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND
THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HE SAID.
GRANT TO THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST NEW THREE-YEAR PROGRAMME FOR UPGRADING AND EXPANDING ITS ENHANCEMENT SERVICES, A GRANT TO ASSIST PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE BASED ON
TO ENABLE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
IMPROVE ITS PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES,
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то
THIS MEANS PER CENT.
PROPOSALS "ALTHOUGH I AM SATISFIED THAT MY OVERALL EXPENDITURE FOR 1988-89 CAN BE CONTAINED WITHIN MY BUDGETARY STRATEGY A GROWTH IN THE CIVIL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT OF ABOUT FOUR MR JACOBS SAID.
THE
STAFF
GROWTH WOULD
"
ACCRUE
ΤΟ THE
SOME 26 PER CENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND 15 PER CENT TO THE POLICE.
SIMILAR OVERALL GROWTH "IT IS LIKELY THAT WE SHALL WITNESS A
CENT RATE IN 1989-90, BUT I SHALL LOOK FOR A MOVE TOWARDS OUR 2.5 PER
HE SAID. GUILDLINE THEREAFTER,
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IN THE