CHANGES TO APPROVED ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR FIRST QUARTER TABLED
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TO THE APPROVED ESTIMATES OF A SUMMARY OF ALL CHANGES MADE EXPENDITURE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS.
SIR PIERS SAID SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION
APPROVED.
1990-91 WAS THE FINANCIAL
OF $55.5 MILLION WAS
"IT WAS FULLY OFFSET EITHER BY SAVINGS UNDER THE SAME OR OTHER ADDITIONAL HEADS OF EXPENDITURE OR BY THE DELETION OF FUNDS UNDER THE COMMITMENTS SUBHEADS," THE SECRETARY SAID.
$78.1
WERE INCREASED BY $314.1 APPROVED NON-RECURRENT COMMITMENTS MILLION DURING THE PERIOD, AND NEW NON-RECURRENT COMMITMENTS OF MILLION WERE ALSO APPROVED.
IN THE SAME PERIOD, A NET INCREASE OF 1,483 POSTS WAS APPROVED, INCLUDING OVER 500 FOR HOSPITALS.
BEEN APPROVED EITHER SIR PIERS SAID ITEMS IN THE SUMMARY HAD
AUTHORITY. DELEGATED
THE LATTER HAD BY FINANCE COMMITTEE OR UNDER
COMMITTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION BEEN REPORTED TO THE FINANCE
8 (8) (A) OF THE PUBLIC FINANCE ORDINANCE.
NO COMPLACENCY FOR MTR EMERGENCY MEASURES AND PROCEDURES
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THE MASS TRANSIT PROCEDURES
IN
HON
THE GOVERNMENT WAS GENERALLY SATISFIED WITH RAILWAY CORPORATION'S (MTRC) EMERGENCY MEASURES AND SAFETY IN ENSURING PASSENGER SAFETY BUT THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY
THE PUBLIC SAFETY,
FOR MATTERS OF
SECRETARY
TRANSPORT, THE MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MIRIAM LAU IN THE LEGISLATIVE
THAT THE
CONTINUE COUNCIL, MR LEUNG STRESSED
GOVERNMENT WOULD
то AND SAFETY PROCEDURES OF ENSURE THAT THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENTS
THE CORPORATION WERE BEING MAINTAINED AT THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARD AND THAT MEASURES TO PROTECT PASSENGER SAFETY WERE REVIEWED REGULARLY, AND IMPROVEMENTS INTRODUCED WHEREVER NECESSARY.
HE SAID THE MEASURES AND PROCEDURES PRESENTLY SPEEDY MTRA WERE SUFFICIENT TO ENSURE THE SAFE PASSENGERS DURING EMERGENCIES.
AND
ADOPTED BY THE EVACUATION OF
THE CORPORATION HAD WELL ESTABLISHED ENDORSED BY THE FIRE SERVICES AND THE POLICE.
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
/THESE WERE