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SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1988

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DRAFT ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE TO BE EXAMINED

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL EXAMINE IN PUBLIC THE DRAFT ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE 1988-89 AT FOUR SPECIAL MEETINGS ON MARCH 22, 23, 24, AND 29.

DURING THE MERTINGS, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WILL BE CALLED UPON TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN PERSON ON THOSE HEADS AND SUBHEADS THE DRAFT ESTIMATES FOR WHICH THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE.

EACH MEETING WILL START AT 2.30 PM IN THE LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER ON A PARTICULAR ASPECT OF THE DRAFT ESTIMATES:

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MARCH 22 (TUESDAY)

MARCH 23 (WEDNESDAY)

SECURITY SERVICES

SOCIAL SERVICES

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MARCH 24 (THURSDAY)

ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

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MARCH 29 (TUESDAY)

GENERAL SERVICES

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF THE WRITTEN REPLIES PROVIDED BY CONTROLLING OFFICERS TO QUESTIONS RAISED BY MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GIS NEWSROOM, SIXTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL, IN THE MORNING OF EACH MEETING DAY.

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH PROVES EFFECTIVE IN WAN CHAI

THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME IN WAN CHAI HAS PROVED TO BE A SUCCESS SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION IN 1985, THE WAN CHAI POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR MICHAËL PREW, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY),

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE FIFTH PHASE OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME IN THE DISTRICT.

THERE HAD BEEN A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE CRIME SITUATION IN THE 17 BUILDINGS HOUSING 1,056 FAMILIES WHICH HAD JOINED THE SCHEME IN ITS FIRST FOUR PHASES, MR PREW SAID.

FAMILIES PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT WOULD FORM NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH UNITS TO КЕЕР AN EYE ON THE PROPERTY OF NEIGHBOURS, HE EXPLAINED,

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