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Governor: First of all the question of Accidents and Emergencies and the provision of proper facilities, perhaps I can look into that question which hasn't been raised with me before and get in touch with the honourable member when I've had an opportunity of talking to the Health Department and the Hospital Authority and the Airport Authority as well, and I'll let the honourable member know our views on that.
Secondly, I hope that the honourable member will accept that the new measures that we've brought in will ensure, or will come as close to ensuring as we can, that people don't have their wages docked, their wages cut for phoney purposes, large amounts taken away for allegedly the cost of meals or whatever. We know some of the things that have been done in the past and we want to stop them happening in the future. I don't think that it's fair to say that the Government has been guilty of dereliction of duty. I do think that any sensible Government, when it finds abuse in the system, works as rapidly as possible and as openly as possible to deal with it and that's what I hope we've been doing.
Dr Law Cheung-kwok (in Chinese): Thank you. When we talk about the setting up of SAR Government a lot of people in our community are very concerned and very So under such worried that the SARPC will not take on board our views. circumstances what can the Governor do for us?
Governor: Well, the Governor can continue to hope that the Preparatory Committee will do what it's Director, the Vice Premier suggested, which is to listen to the views of Hong Kong and listen to as wide a cross-section of the views of Hong Kong as possible. As I was saying a few moments ago, fourteen members of this Legislative Council have the honour and the responsibility of also being members of the Preparatory Committee and I'm sure that they will know how important it is for the credibility of themselves and of the Preparatory Committee that it is seen to take the greatest possible account of local opinions and that it's seen to respond as openly and comprehensively as possible to local concerns. It's not provocative to say that, it's a statement of the blindingly obvious.
Dr Law Cheung-kwok (in Chinese): I'm afraid I'm not satisfied with your reply Mr Governor. It seems as if you are saying that there's very little you can do. May I give you a concrete suggestion, that is, will the Administration consider this? When we talk about a promise in relation to the SARPC, then the Administration will have a large-scale survey done?