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WEDNESDAY APRIL 20, 1988
THESE INCLUDED DISTRICT FESTIVALS; CULTURAL,
RECREATIONAL AND
SPORTS ACTIVITIES; CIVIC EDUCATION; ROAD SAFETY; KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN;
ANTI-NARCOTICS; FIRE FIGHT CRIME;
PREVENTION AND OTHER COMMUNITY
BUILDING PROJECTS.
THE FURTHERMORE,
CHAIRMEN OF THE
FIGHT DISTRICT
CRIME
COMMITTEES MIGHT NOT BE MEMBERS OF DISTRICT BOARDS, WITH THE THAT THE URGENCY OF FUNDING FOR COUNTER-CRIME CAMPAIGNS MIGHT ADEQUATELY CHANNELLED TO THE CNTA AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
RESULT NOT BE
REGARD TO ENSURE
HE POINTED OUT THAT UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAVING TO A MULTITUDE OF COMPETING OBJECTIVES, IT WAS DIFFICULT THAT PROVISION FOR FIGHT-CRIME PROJECTS WAS GIVEN PROPER PRIORITY WEIGHT.
HE THEREFORE ASKED FOR AN IMMEDIATE REVIEW OF THE MATTER.
AND
THAT DR HO ADDED
IN A REVIEW OF THE PARTICULAR REGARD SHOULD BE GIVEN TO
THE
ALLOCATION
FORMULA,
AND
POPULATION DISTRICT'S DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE, GEOGRAPHICAL SIZE AND SPREAD OF POPULATION,
STATE OF LAW AND AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES AS WELL AS THE GENERAL ORDER IN A DISTRICT.
TO ΠΕ THE MOST AND SUPPORT
PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP ON A MODERATE SCALE SHOULD CONTINUE ENCOURAGED AND FOSTERED, BECAUSE SUCH CIVIC INVOLVEMENT WAS
INSTRUMENT POTENT
NURTURING IN
AND AROUSING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ANTI-CRIME PUBLICITY AND ACTIVITIES, HE ADDED.
TAXATION ALLOWANCE COMMENTING ON THE INCREASE IN THE PERSONAL
SECRETARY, DR
SAID PROPOSED BY THE FINANCIAL
HO
THAT TO BENEFIT THE MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS THE $2,000 INCREASE FOR A SINGLE PERSON AND
BE ADDED TO THE BASIC $4,000 INCREASE FOR A MARRIED COUPLE SHOULD ALLOWANCE RATHER THAN TO THE ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE.
HE POINTED
OUT THAT SINGLE
PEOPLE
ANNUAL INCOME
OF
INCOME VARYING
AN WITH BETWEEN $36,000 AND $106,000 OR MARRIED COUPLES WITH AN ANNUAL BETWEEN
AND
WOULD $214,000 $74,000 AMOUNTS FROM THIS FORM OF TAX CONCESSION.
RECEIVE
BENEFITS
HOWEVER, FOR THE UP-AND-COMING, ENTERPRISING
DID NOT YIELD A INCREASE IN THE ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE ADVANTAGE, HE NOTED.
INDIVIDUALS,
THE
LONG-LASTING
WITHOUT
TAX
DISPENSE HE THEN SUGGESTED THAT THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SHOULD
THE BASIC ALLOWANCE WITH THE ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE AND SHOULD REVIEW
A MINIMUM TO PERMIT
BUT DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING
OUR BCONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LIABILITY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE LEVEL OF AND AFFLUENCE.
DUTY ON PROPERTY
NO DOUBT STIMULATE THE
STAMP TURNING TO THE PROPOSED REDUCTION IN
THE SAID
MEASURE WOULD PURCHASES, DR HO PROPERTY MARKET. BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, IT WOULD TRANSACTIONS, THUS INFLATING THE PRICES OF FLATS.
TRIGGER SPECULATIVE
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