WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1991
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"SAVINGS WERE ALSO MADE IN OTHER SUBHEADS THROUGH CONTINURD TIGHT CONTROL OVER PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, HE SAID, WHILE THANKING THE CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND OTHERS WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TO RESTRAINT.
IS
SIR PIENS NOTED: "BECAUSE OF THESE SAVINGS AND THE PROVISION
FOR THE YEAR MADE FOR ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS, TOTAL EXPENDITURE WITHIN THE SUM APPROPRIATED IN THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE 1990.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO APPROVED ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE TABLED
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL A SUMMARY OF ALL CHANGES MADE ΤΟ THE APPROVED ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE 1990-91 FINANCIAL YEAR.
SIR PIERS SAID DURING THE PERIOD, SUPPLEMENTARY $6,672.9 MILLION WAS APPROVED.
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PROVISION OF
"THIS INCLUDED $4,966.6 MILLION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1990 PAY ADJUSTMENT, THE RESTRUCTURING OF DIRECTORATE SALARY SCALES, THE SECOND AND THIRD REPORTS OF NON-DIRECTORATE SALARY STRUCTURE REVIEW AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE IN RESPECT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS, HE SAID.
SIR PIERS SAID OF THE $6,672.9 MILLION, $6,282.9 MILLION WAS OFFSET BY SAVINGS UNDER THE SAME OR OTHER HEADS OF EXPENDITURE OR BY THE DELETION OF FUNDS UNDER THE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS SUBHEADS, WHILE THE REMAINING $390 MILLION WAS NET SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION.
HE ADDED THAT APPROVED NON-RECURRENT COMMITMENTS WERE INCREASED BY $31.8 MILLION DURING THE PERIOD, AND NEW NON-RECURRENT COMMITMENTS OF $895 MILLION WERE ALSO APPROVED.
MEANWHILE, A NET DECREASE OF 206 POSTS WAS
SAME PERIOD.
APPROVED IN THE
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAID ITEMS IN THE SUMMARY HAD BEEN APPROVED EITHER BY FINANCE COMMITTEE OR UNDER DELEGATED AUTHORITY,
THE LATTER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE FINANCE ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(8)(A) OF THE PUBLIC ADDED.
FINANCE
COMMITTEE IN ORDINANCE, HR
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