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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1990
A ADOPT
FLEXIBLE ATTITUDE IN "THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO
THE IF ANY OF THE ALLOCATION OF DEGREE COURSES AND SUB-DEGREE COURSES.
TO ACCOMMODATE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS HAVE THE ABILITY AND FACILITIES MORE STUDENTS AND TO PROVIDE DEGREE COURSES COST-EFFECTIVELY, ALLOCATION SHOULD BE GRANTED AS REQUESTED," HE SAID.
THE
THAT HE FOUND THE PROPOSAL SHOULD TAKE OVER A MAJOR PORTION OF THE WORK AT HIGHER "ATTRACTIVE" AND "COST EFFECTIVE".
SUCH
TRAINING VOCATIONAL
COUNCIL DIPLOMA LEVEL
ATTACH MORE WEIGHT ΤΟ
HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION.
KINDERGARTENS TEACH OUR
"IT IS DESIRABLE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO SUBSIDISE IN ORDER TO ATTRACT TEACHERS WITH HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS TO YOUNG CHILDREN.
EXPRESSED CONCERN
OVER INFLATION
AND
"HEFTY" AS WELL
MR CHENG INCREASES IN TAXATION ON CONSUMER ITEMS SUCH AS CARS, PETROL, AS RATES ON PROPERTY, WHICH "WILL DO NOTHING TO LOWER INFLATION".
INDIRECT
FINANCIAL
INCREASING HE ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO BE CAUTIOUS IN TAXATION IN ORDER NOT TO IMPOSE EXTRA PRESSURE ON THE PUBLIC.
IT WAS GRATIFYING TO SEE THAT THE NOTING THAT SECRETARY HAD NOT TAKEN FURTHER THE IDEA OF INTRODUCING WHOLESALE TAX,
WOULD HE SAID HE STRONGLY BELIEVED THAT THE IMPOSITION OF SUCH A INEVITABLY LEAD TO HIGHER INFLATION AND WOULD HIT PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD.
TAX
SCRUTINY OF BUDGET SERVES NO PURPOSE
BUDGETARY
THE SCRUTINY OF THE BUDGET IS MEANINGFUL ONLY IF THE
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, PROVISIONS CAN BE ADJUSTED AS SEEN FIT THE HON DAVID CHEUNG SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
DO,
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HE SAID: "UNDER THE SPEAKING IN THE BUDGET DEBATE,
PRESENT NO EFFECT: EVEN ARRANGEMENT, THE NOISES WE MAKE, HOWEVER LOUD, HAVE IF THEY
CHANGES WILL
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EFFECT UNTIL
MONTHS
AFTERWARDS.
OFFICERS MADE
THEIR PRELIMINARY BY LEGISLATORS SO THAT AT BE RESOURCES COULD
MR CHEUNG SUGGESTED THAT BEFORE THE CONTROLLING THEIR FINAL SUBMISSIONS TO THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, BUDGETS SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO SCRUTINY LEAST SOME READJUSTMENTS RECOMMENDED.
AND
REALLOCATION
OF
"THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL THE SCRUTINY OF THE BUDGET BE USEFUL,
...
HE SAID.
/QUESTIONING THE
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