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Reporter (in Chinese): But it is a growth of 16%. What would be the main area for the increase?
Mr K C Kwong (in Chinese); I understand it to be the increase in expenditure relating to housing production and maintenance. As for the details, you have to ask the HA.
Reporter (in Chinese): The premium for a few months next year still has to be shared with the Land Fund. What is the share to the Land Fund? In the past, half will go into that account.
Mr K C Kwong (in Chinese): Please refer to Volume 2, CWRF, footnote 2. You can do the calculations. By my very quick calculations, it is about $11.4 billion.
Reporter (in Chinese): For the head of the LegCo Secretariat, it seems that there is a reduction of 20% in expenditure. In calculating this, have you considered the new round of elections in future with respect to LegCo? Have you considered the relationship between the provisional legislature and the present LegCo? It is in Volumn 1B, head 112.
Mr K C Kwong (in Chinese): For your second question, our assumption is that the legislature after July 97 will have a similar mode of operation and funding requirement. This is the basis for formulating the estimates.
DS for Tsy, Mr Kevin Ho (in Chinese): The answer to the first question is straight forward. Some of the staff of LegCo are contract staff. When their contracts expire in 96-97, there is gratuity involved. This will not be repeated in 97/98. So next year's expenditure will be less as a result.
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