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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1989
MR TSAO SAID THAT AFTER FUNDS WERE
VOTED BY
THE
LEGISLATIVE
TERRITORIES
COUNCIL. UNDER HEAD 53 SUBHEAD 215, THE CITY AND NEW ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS TOOK INTO ACCOUNT A NUMBER OF FACTORS FOR ALLOCATING FUNDS TO INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT OFFICES.
THESE INCLUDED:
(1) POPULATION OF THE DISTRICTS AND THE NEED FOR MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS AS A RESULT OF NEW POPULATION INTAKES,
(2)
EXISTING PROVISION OF COMMUNITY
FACILITIES IN THE
DISTRICTS AND THE NEED FOR MORE MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
(3)
GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD OF THE DISTRICTS.
(4)
PAST EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS, AND
(5)
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARISING FROM PROJECTS SUCH AS DISTRICT FESTIVALS.
PLANNED LARGE-SCALE
MR TSAO SAID THAT. IN ESSENCE. THE PREPARATION OF ESTIMATES FOR HEAD 53 SUBHEAD 215 WAS IN ITSELF A REVIEW FOR THE YET TO COMMENCE.
"THE CRITERIA FOR THE ALLOCATION ARE FLEXIBLY APPLIED 50 THEY COULD ACCOMMODATE THE VARYING NEEDS OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
THE
YEAR
THAT
"THE SPENDING POSITION OF THE VOTE IS THEN EXAMINED IN DECEMBER EACH YEAR SO THAT MINOR VIREMENT OF FUNDS COULD BE ARRANGED BETWEEN DISTRICTS." HE SAID.
EFFECTIVE SELF-REGULATION A BETTER SOLUTIO
* * *
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT AT PRESENT PROPOSE TO INTRODUCE ANY MEASURES REQUIRING THE TRANSLATION INTO CHINESE OF EXEMPTION CLAUSES IN INSURANCE CONTRACTS, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"WE BELIEVE THAT IN THIS AREA EFFECTIVE SELF-REGULATION 15 GENERALLY A BETTER SOLUTION THAN LEGISLATION," SIR PIERS SAID IN REFLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON DAVID CHEUNG.
HE EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS RECOGNISED THAT AS A MATTER OF GOOD MARKET PRACTICE, INSURANCE CONTRACTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE WITH A CHINESE VERSION, AND THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY WAS WORKING TOWARDS THIS OBJECTIVE.
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