WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1994
MR TSANG SAID THE
20
HAD
ITS
GOVERNMENT
PRODUCED ACCRUAL-BASED ACCOUNTS IN ADDITION TO THE CASH-BASED ACCOUNTS IN RECOGNITION OF RELEVANCE FOR CERTAIN QUASI-COMMERCIAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
"ALSO,
THESE INCLUDE WATER SUPPLIES, THE AIRPORT AND THE POST OFFICE.
SUCH AS GOVERNMENT SERVICES OPERATED AS TRADING FUNDS, THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED LAND AND COMPANIES REGISTRY TRADING FUNDS ARE REQUIRED, UNDER THE TRADING FUND ORDINANCE, TO PREPARE FULL BASED ACCOUNTS IN ACCORDANCE
ACCEPTED WITH GENERALLY PRINCIPLES," HE SAID.
ACCRUAL- ACCOUNTING
A WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW FINANCIAL REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING SERVICES LAST YEAR.
COMPRISING ACCOUNTING PROFESSION BOTH FROM AND FROM PRIVATE SECTOR, THE WORKING GROUP CONCLUDES THAT:
WITHIN
HAD
GOVERNMENT
ACTIVITIES AND SECTOR TO THE
* AS GOVERNMENT IS UNIQUE IN ITS OBJECTIVES,
FINANCING, IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO ASSUME THAT PRIVATE FINANCIAL REPORTING MODEL MUST BE FULLY APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT;
UNDER THE
THE PAYMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT ARE LIMITED PUBLIC FINANCE ORDINANCE AND THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE, THE GOVERNMENT'S PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS ARE PREPARED
BASIS SO AS TO DEMONSTRATE ON A CASH STATUTORY ACCOUNTABILITY; AND
* THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
ESSENTIALLY
AND DISCHARGE
THIS
PREPARE ON AN
EXPERIMENTAL COST (ON AN
BASIS, ACCRUAL
VIEW TO FORMING A
SUPPLEMENTARY ACCOUNTS SHOWING THE FULL BASIS) OF SELECTED ACTIVITIES WITH A JUDGMENT ON THE MERITS (AND COSTS) OF PROVIDING FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES AS A WHOLE.
SUCH
257 DETENTION ORDERS ISSUED FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MOTHERS
*
OF REMOVAL
A TOTAL OF 257 DETENTION ORDERS AFTER THE SERVING ORDERS IN RESPECT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN FROM CHINA WERE ISSUED IN 1993/94.
THE FIGURE WAS RELEASED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN
THE WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY HIS CHRISTINE LOH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR
HON
SHORTEST
THE
THE AVERAGE PERIOD OF DETENTION WAS A FEW DAYS. PERIOD OF DETENTION WAS ONE DAY, AND THE LONGEST TWO WEEKS.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MOTHERS AND
FI
HE SAID.
MOST "HOWEVER, RELEASED ON RECOGNISANCE,
CHILDREN ARE
/IN 1993/94,