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Mr Donald Tsang (in Chinese): Well I don't quite get your figures but for the welfare group this year it is more than 9%. As for other expenditure items, we have to be governed by the 5% overall growth. Is it that we have to put all the money in welfare? Actually I answered the previous question, it is similar. We have to strike a balance, we can't just focus on one particular area. Please do not forget that in terms of welfare, in five years the growth is 88%. Should we put more into that area?
Reporter (in English): You are telling us not to get excited about the surplus because you are going to spend most of it or more of it on the railway development strategy projects. Now, haven't you already set aside the amount in your Capital Works Reserve Fund or elsewhere on this? Why do you have to use the surplus as such on the railway development strategy?
Mr Donald Tsang (in English): The Capital Works Reserve Fund is being set aside to meet the other obligations, and our forecast of surplus. have not taken into account this additional expenditure. Then if there is an additional requirement - and there would be additional requirement to the tune of our estimation, then we have to come up with something like $50 billion for the railway projects. You have to come up (with it) from somewhere. You would have to come up (with it) from the additional revenue we expect to get from the coming years.
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Reporter (in English): So in other words, without this surplus you can't finance the RDS Plan?
Mr Donald Tsang (in English): Well we could. It means going into deficit. You go into deficit.
Reporter (in Chinese): Mr Tsang, in the Budget you say that you need a group to study Iand supply. Now when will you have the study results? What will be the direction of your study? Will you resort to reclamation or the change of land use to increase residential use?
Mr Donald Tsang (in Chinese): Well two aspects. One in terms of land supply we have to see whether we can do more. And secondly, internal procedure, perhaps we can streamline the procedure. We have to see whether there is duplication of procedure and whether there can be better co-ordination among the departments. I will liaise with Secretary for Housing and Mr Bowen Leung and other colleagues, we will study together. After the Budget Debate we will proceed with the work.
Reporter (in English): Mr Tsang, could you say how much input China had into this Budget and whether there are any points in the Budget in which you were influenced by input from China or from the incoming SAR Administration?