WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1990
"IN TAKING OVER EACH
16
AREA,
END-USERS
HAVE IDENTIFIED
ADDITIONAL WORKS, DESIGN CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
"THESE ARE NOW BEING CARRIED OUT AS
POST-CONTRACT
VARIATION,
MRS WONG SAID.
RELIABILITY
"THE AIM OF THESE MEASURES IS TO ENSURE EQUIPMENT AND PATIENTS' WELL-BEING BEFORE HOSPITAL SERVICES ARE INTRODUCED, SHE ADDED.
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AMOUNT OF HK CURRENCY EXTRACTED UNDER DURESS UNKNOWN
WAS EXTRACTED
IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH . HONG KONG CURRENCY UNDER DURESS FROM HONG KONG RESIDENTS IN EXCHANGE FOR MILITARY CURRENCY DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON ELSIE TU.
AS TO THE QUESTION OF REDEMPTION, SIR PIERS SAID AS HONG KONG WAS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY, IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR HONG KONG TO RAISE THIS MATTER WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN.
"QUESTIONS OF THIS KIND CONCERNING THE ALLEGED RESPONSIBILITY
TO OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IN RELATION
CITIZENS OF HONG KONG ARE MATTERS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NOT THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.
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"WE ARE CURRENTLY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM REGARDING A POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD, HE ADDED.
NO PLANS FOR TRAVEL AGENTS TO HAVE SEGREGATED BANK ACCOUNTS
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THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NO PLANS AT PRESENT
SEGREGATED
FOR BANK ACCOUNTS AGENTS TO HAVE
HON
THE
SIR
PIERS
TO REQUIRE TRAVEL
MONEY, CLIENTS' JACOBS, INFORMED
THE
THE
FINANCIAL SECRETARY, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WONG, SIR
IN DETAIL IN PLUG THE
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON PETER PIERS SAID THE CONCEPT OF SUCH ACCOUNTS WAS CONSIDERED 1987, WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION WAS SEARCHING FOR REMEDIES TO LOOPHOLE EXPOSED BY THE AUSTRAVEL CASE.
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