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So was Mr Grant overpaid by $900,000? The whole issue boils down to this. Was $900,000 of taxpayers' money squandered?
The issue is one of fairness - fairness to the taxpayer, fairness to the community on whose behalf these criminal proceedings were instituted, fairness, ultimately, to the rule of law and the upholding of criminal justice. I know that the Panel will not fail to answer these basic issues in a fair and just manner.
End/Thursday, May 11, 1995
Survey starts on industrial production for 1994
The Census and Statistics Department announced today that the Survey of Industrial Production for 1994 has started. The annual survey is part of a continuous programme to compile statistics on the structure and performance of various economic activities in Hong Kong.
The survey aims to obtain up-to-date statistical data for evaluating the contribution of various industrial activities to Hong Kong's gross domestic product and for ascertaining their cost structure, operating characteristics and output levels. The survey results are useful to both the Government and the private sector in formulating policies and making decisions.
The commissioner for Census and Statistics, Mr Frederick Ho, appealed to the managements of all sampled establishments to fulfil their legal and social responsibilities by returning promptly the completed questionnaires and co-operating He stressed that with officers of the department in the course of the survey. information relating to individual establishments would be treated in strict confidence under the Census and Statistics Ordinance. Only aggregate information that does not reveal details of individual establishments will be released.
Mr Ho also pointed out that audited accounts are not essential for the supply of income and expenditure data required in the survey. The Census and Statistics Department accepts figures based on preliminary accounts or estimates which are correct to the best of the respondents' knowledge at the time of submission of the questionnaire, if audited accounts are not yet available.
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