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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1991
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"
'NOT SO. MY COLLEAGUE THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE HAS ALREADY SPOKEN CONVINCINGLY ON THE HEALTH ASPECTS.
HAVE
"IN VIEW OF THE SIZE OF THE REVENUE YIELD IT WOULD INDEED BEEN CYNICAL OF ME TO HAVE DEALT WITH THIS MEASURE OUTSIDE THE CONTEXT OF MY BUDGET," HE SAID.
SECRETARY
AS ΤΟ THE OTHER MEASURES, THE FINANCIAL LOOKED FOR TAXES WHICH WOULD SPREAD THE BURDEN WIDELY, THE INDIVIDUAL IMPACT.
SAID HE SO MINIMIZING
"IN PARTICULAR, I LOOKED FOR MEASURES WHICH WOULD MOST ALLOW AN ELEMENT OF CHOICE.
I WAS VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO WATCH EFFECT OF WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED, HE SAID.
AS
FAR AS
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READILY
THE INFLATIONARY
THE CONCERNED,
FINANCIAL
THE 1991-92 BUDGET WAS SECRETARY SAID SUFFICE IT TO SAY AT THIS POINT THAT ITS OVERALL EFFECT
THE YEAR AS A WHOLE SHOULD NOT BE INFLATIONARY, ALTHOUGH IN THE SHORT TERM IT WOULD INCREASE SOME CONSUMER PRICES.
FOR
CLEARLY
"THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE BUDGET POSITIONS US FOR THE FUTURE, HE SAID.
CORRECTLY
NEED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM RECOGNISED: FS
THE
ORGANISATIONAL FINANCIAL COUNCIL
THE GOVERNMENT HAS LONG RECOGNISED THE NEED FOR AND MANAGEMENT REFORM THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC SERVICK, SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
RESUME BUDGET DEBATE,
HAD SOME
RECORD
SPEAKING AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE
SAID FINANCIAL
THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARY
FROM ACHIEVEMENT IN THE AREA OF THE PRIVATISATION OR REMOVAL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION OF CERTAIN SERVICES OR ENTERPRISES A MEANS OF IMPROVING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND OF RAISING FUNDS.
THE
OF
THE
AS
SINCE THE GOVERNMENT HE POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS MANY YEARS
SERVICES TRANSFERRED RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND MUNICIPAL TO AUTHORITIES WHICH WERE LARGELY AUTONOMOUS.
"WE HAVE THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION AND THE
AUTHORITY. CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION, AND NOW THE HOSPITAL
KOWLOON-
BECOME
AND
ΤΟ IS SET HONG
A SEPARATE KONG TELEVISION "RADIO ORGANISATION. WE HAVE CONTRACTED OUT THE MANAGEMENT OF CARPARKS ARE ABOUT TO DO THE SAME FOR THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL.
"WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING CONTRACTING OUT CERTAIN OPERATIONS THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT," THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAID.
OF
/HE NOTED