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"AIRNESS AND THE PREDETERMINED CEILING, ANY I CAT OWNE →
WISHING TO ACQUIRE A NEW CAR CAN DO SO ONLY HE SURRENDERS AN OLD CAR FOR DE-REGISTRATION ON A ONE-FOR-ONE
HE STRONGLY FAVOURED THIS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION FOR THREE "EASONS:
* IT REMOVES ANY CRITICISM THAT THE FISCAL MEASURES ARE BEING INTRODUCED IN ORDER TO RAISE REVENUE-
* THE SOCIAL ASPIRATIONS OF THE WOULD-BE FIRST-TIME
CAR OWNER CAN BE SATISFIED AND
* EXISTING OWNERS CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE
CONVENIENCE WITHOUT BEING PENALISED BY HEFTY LICENCE FEES.
+ IF AFTER A CAREFUL STUDY OF THE ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL GOVERNMENT FINDS THAT IT IS IMPRACTICABLE, ONLY THEN I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSALS BEFORE COUNCIL, MR CHEN SAID.
MR CHARLES YEUNG WAS CONCERNED OVER THE USE OF THE THREE PUBLIC REVENUE PROTECTION ORDERS TO INCREASE THE FIRST REGISTRATION TAX, ANNUAL LICENCE FEES FOR VEHICLES AND DUTY ON LIGHT OILS.
HE SAID HE WAS NOT CHALLENGING THE VALIDITY OF SUCH ORDERS AS THEY WERE WELL WITHIN THE AMBIT OF THE PUBLIC REVENUE PROTECTION ORDINANCE.
+WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN HIS SPEECH MADE ON MAY 5 HAS DECLARED THAT THE MEASURES PROPOSED IN THE THREE BILLS WERE DESIGNED NOT TO RAISE REVENUE BUT RATHER TO ACT AS RESTRAINTS DIRECTED AT VEHICLE USAGE', HE SAID.
+AND THEREFORE I HAVE MISGIVINGS OF THE ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYING THE POWER OF THE PUBLIC REVENUE PROTECTION ORDINANCE TO CURB THE POSSIBLE DELUGE OF THE PEOPLE BUYING NEW CARS AND RENEWING THE ANNUAL VEHICLE LICENCES BEFORE THE BILLS PASS THROUGH THIS COUNCIL.
+1 CANNOT HELP ENTERTAINING THE DOUBT WHETHER THE ADMINISTRATION, IN ITS ZEAL TO ACHIEVE APPARENT RESULTS, HAS TRAVELLED TOO FAST AND TOO FAR BEYOND THE SPIRIT AND INTENTMENT OF THE ORDINANCE. +
TO SUPPORT HIS ARGUMENT, MR YEUNG REPEATED AN ASSURANCE GIVE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN DECEMBER 1974 THAT +... THE ORDINANCE WILL NOT BE USED EXCEPT FOR ITS TRUE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING THE REVENUE
COMMENTING ON THE EFFECT OF THE THREE BILLS, MR YEUNG FELT THAT THEY DISCRIMINATED BETWEEN THE RICH AND POOR+, THE +HAVE+ N. THE +HAVE-NOTS+.
THE WORST HIT, HE SAID, ARE THOSE IN THE SANDWICHED CLASS AS THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO SAVE ENOUGH TO FULFIL THEIR
IRATIONS PRIDE OR NECESSITY OF OWNING A CAR AND NOW FIND
THE
REACH.
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