WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1992
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HOUSING SOCIETY DOES NOT APPLY FOR FUNDS IN 1992/93
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THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE HOUSING SOCIETY HAD NO PLANS TO APPLY FOR FUNDS FROM THE GOVERNMENT DURING 1992-93.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LAU CHIN-SHEK, MR EASON SAID THE HOUSING SOCIETY'S RENTAL AND FLATS-FOR-SALE PROJECTS WERE FUNDED FROM ITS OWN RESOURCES.
IT IS OPEN TO THE
SOCIETY ΤΟ APPLY то THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND FOR ITS RURAL
LOW-INTEREST LOANS FROM PUBLIC HOUSING AND URBAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, HE SAID.
COMMITTEES AIMED TO GIVE BEST ADVICE
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THE GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL AIMS TO ENSURE THAT THE COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND THEIR MEMBERSHIP ARE SUCH AS TO PROVIDE, IN EACH CASE, THE BEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE ADVICE TO IT IN THEIR AREAS OF CONCERN.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SZE, IN A REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"THIS MAY MEAN, IN SOME CASES, THAT MEMBERSHIP ARE DRAWN FROM A BROAD SPECTRUM OF THE COMMUNITY, WHILE IN OTHERS MEMBERSHIP ARE DRAWN FROM PARTICULAR SECTORS WITH THE RELEVANT EXPERTISE," HE SAID.
WHILE THERE IS NO UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE POLICY OF APPOINTING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ADVISORY COMMITTEES, MR SZE STRESSED THAT MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL WAS NOT A BAR TO APPOINTMENT ΤΟ ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
HE
THE JOB.
SAID THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVED IN THE BEST MAN AND WOMAN FOR
AT PRESENT, OVER 400 ADVISORY COMMITTEES GIVE ADVICE ΤΟ THE GOVERNMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR TERMS OF REFERENCE.
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