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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987

OVERALL STRUCTURE OF TAXATION SYSTEM CONSIDERED

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IN PREPARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNUAL BUDGET, NOT ONLY THE POSITION OF INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS BUT THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE TAXATION SYSTEM AND THE BUDGETARY SITUATION ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY THE HON SZETO WAH, WHO ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSIDERING SOME FORMS OF TAX CONCESSIONS IN VIEW OF THE IMPROVED FINANCIAL POSITION, MR JACOBS SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD OF COURSE CONSIDER ALL ASPECTS OF TAXATION, INCLUDING THE ISSUES RAISED BY MR SZETO.

+I CAN SAY NO MORE UNTIL I DELIVER MY BUDGET IN THIS COUNCIL,+ HE SAID.

DB'S TO BE CONSULTED ON HOUSING REVIEW

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DISTRICT BOARDS AND OTHER INTERESTED BODIES WOULD BE CONSULTED ON THE RESULTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING STRATEGY REVIEW CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CONRAD LAM, MR LIAO SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW WAS TO EXAMINE THE DEMAND FOR, AND SUPPLY OF, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING UP TO THE YEAR 2001 AND TO DEVISE A STRATEGY TO SATISFY THE IDENTIFIED HOUSING DEMANDS IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE MANNER.

SELECTIVE TRAINING PROVIDED FOR ATHLETES

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ATHLETES WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING POTENTIAL OR ABILITY IN THEIR CHOSEN SPORT WERE PROVIDED WITH SELECTIVE TRAINING THROUGH LONG-TERM TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES OF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF SPORT, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LIU LIT-FOR IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR LIAO SAID FUNDS TO FINANCE THESE PROGRAMMES WERE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON THE ADVICE OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT.

/+IN 1986-87,