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"INDEED, TRAFFIC CONGESTION CAN BE REGARDED AS A SIGN OF A DYNAMIC AND GROWING ECONOMY.
DEMANDS.
"NEW ROADS WILL SOON BECOME FULL BECAUSE OF RELEASED SUPPRESSED
SIMPLE
**WE CAN NEVER BUILD OURSELVES OUT OF CONGESTION. THE TRUTH IS THAT TRAFFIC CONGESTION HERE AND ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD CAN ONLY BE CONTAINED AND MANAGED, NOT ELIMINATED," MR LEUNG SAID.
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ANXIETY ABOUT FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME ALLAYED
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MEET FOUR HONG KONG
THE INJECTION INTO THE LOTTERIES FUND OF $2.3 BILLION TO THE RECURRENT SPENDING ON NEW WELFARE SERVICES OVER THE NEXT YEARS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GOOD REVENUE SITUATION THAT HAS ENJOYED IN THE RECENT PAST.
THE
GOVERNMENT INTO THE GENERAL REVENUE
WHEN THIS INJECTION OF FUNDING IS EXHAUSTED, WILL BE ABLE TO ABSORB ITS COMMITMENTS ACCOUNT.
THIS ASSURANCE WAS GIVEN BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, DURING THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE MOTION OF THANKS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SOME LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS HAD CRITICISED THIS INJECTION
OF NEW MONEY AS MERELY SETTLING OLD DEBTS, OR AT BEST OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE.
THE
HOWEVER, MRS WONG REJECTED THIS CRITICISM, POINTING OUT THAT "WHETHER IT IS OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE OR NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLE, BOTTLE IS NOT AT ISSUE HERE".
"WHAT MATTERS SURELY IS THE WINE, SHE CONTENDED. BENEFITS TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH.
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"IT IS
THE
"THESE BENEFITS ARE NEW. IS THE POINT OF FOCUS."
THESE BENEFITS ARE ACHIEVEABLE.
THIS
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SHE RECALLED THAT AT THE TIME OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE GREEN PAPER ON REHABILITATION, MAIN CONCERN WAS THE LACK OF GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.
WHITE
THE
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"NOW WE HAVE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT AND WE SHOULD GET ON THE WORK, SHE ADDED.
WITH
MRS WONG ALSO
ADDRESSED SOME OF THE MAIN ISSUES RAISED BY MEMBERS IN THE COUNCIL EARLIER.
THE
ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, SHE SAID THE SCHEME HAD DEVELOPED ON CONCEPT OF NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE CLIENTS' STANDARD OF LIVING DID NOT LAG TOO FAR BEHIND THAT OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.
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