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Governor: Yes, the ones I have been talking about.
Question: And they question about the government authorities helping them, they said that the Government is now already useless --
Governor: We have heard those criticisms before. I am only sorry that they didn't all come to the summit and talk to us last May, but we are very sincere in wanting to do a proper evaluation of their contribution. It is not a question of trying to delay providing support, it is a question of trying to ensure that your money, that the taxpayers' money, is spent as effectively and efficiently as possible.
I have no doubt at all that they have a contribution to make, that they have an important role to play in the area of rehabilitation and treatment, but the precise scale of that role has obviously got to depend to some extent on how effective an objective evaluation deems it to be.
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Twelfth meeting of the JLG expert group on transitional Budget
The Sino-British Joint Liaison Group will hold their twelfth round of Expert Talks on September 26 and 27 in Hong Kong to discuss the preparation of Hong Kong's transitional Budget and related matters.
The British team will be led by Mr K C Kwong, Secretary for the Treasury of the Hong Kong Government. The Chinese team will be led by Mr Chen Zuo'er, Chinese Representative on the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group. They will be assisted by experts.
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