WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1993
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EXCHANGE FUND NOT FOR NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS
THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLANS TO USE THE EXCHANGE FUND
KOK AIRPORT OR THE CHEK LAP
ITS RELATED
THE PROJECTS, SECRETARY, THE HON HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID.
TO
BUILD FINANCIAL
STABILISING
WONG IN SAID THE THE
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON PHILIP
COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE
TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR MACLEOD
THE
OF PURPOSE
THE
FUND WAS PRIMARILY FOR EXCHANGE EXCHANGE RATE OF THE HONG KONG DOLLAR.
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1,680 ADMITTED TO HOSPITALS ON SUICIDE BIDS
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A TOTAL OF 1,681 PERSONS WERE ADMITTED INTO PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOSPITALS AS A RESULT OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OR SELF-INFLICTED INJURIES IN 1991, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
THIS COMPARED WITH 1,829 IN 1990 AND 1,410 IN 1989, SHE ADDED.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON LEONG CHE-HUNG; MRS WONG SAID OF THOSE ADMITTED, 33 DIED IN 1991, 39 IN 1990 AND 46
IN 1989.
SHE ALSO SAID THE NUMBERS OF DEATHS ARISING FROM ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OR SELF-INFLICTED INJURIES WERE 748 IN 1991, 679 IN 1990 AND 604 IN 1989.
STATISTICS AVAILABLE FROM EIGHT PUBLIC HOSPITALS SHOW THAT THERE WERE FAR MORE WOMEN ATTEMPTING SUICIDE THAN MEN AND THAT MOST OF THOSE WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE WERE IN THE 15-24 AND 25-64 AGE GROUPS.
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NO PLAN TO LOWER MARK SIX BETTING DUTY
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THE GOVERNMENT DO NOT CONSIDER IT NECESSARY TO REDUCE THE LEVEL OF BETTING DUTY ON THE PROCEEDS OF THE MARK SIX LOTTERY, THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY, MR KY YEUNG, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HUI YIN-FAT, MR YEUNG SAID THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAD APPROVED THE INJECTION OF $2.3 BILLION INTO THE LOTTERIES FUND.
THUS, THE FUND SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET ITS REQUIREMENTS UP TO 1996/97, HE ADDED.
THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THE KEY TARGETS FOR 1996/97 SET OUT IN THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE GREEN PAPER ON REHABILITATION, MR YEUNG SAID.
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