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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1990

BUDGET PROPOSALS FUEL INFLATION

THE 15 PER CENT RISE IN CIVIL SERVANTS' SALARY, INCREASE IN TAX ON HYDRO-CARBON OIL AND THE EXCESSIVE WILL

THE HON FUEL INFLATION,

ALL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY),

ΤΑΙ

CHIN-WAH,

A

SUBSTANTIAL

LEVY ON RATES SAID IN THE

WERE WHICH WOULD

SPEAKING IN THE BUDGET DEBATE, MR TAI ASKED WHETHER THERE OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO RAISING REVENUE FROM OTHER SOURCES HAVE LESS EFFECT ON INFLATION.

EXAMPLE, NOTING HE CITED A HIGHER AIRPORT DEPARTURE TAX AS AN

AMOUNT IN IMPROVING THE THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD SPENT A TREMENDOUS

ΤΟ BUILD A FACILITIES PROVIDED IN THE EXISTING AIRPORT AND IN PLANS BETTER ONE.

A NEED

ON THE AIRPORT AND PORT PROGRAMMES, MR TAI ANTICIPATED FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT WHICH COULD BE SERIOUSLY HANDICAPPED BY A

OF LACK

AND AGGRAVATED UNCERTAINTIES IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

MANPOWER

BY

ECONOMIC

HE SAID HE WAS NOT CONVINCED THAT THE PORTS TO BE BUILT BY 1997.

AND AIRFIELD HAD

MR ΤΑΙ NOTED

STANDARD,

THAT DESPITE VERY LITTLE

ON HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SERVICES, REPEATED REQUESTS FROM MEMBERS TO IMPROVE THE PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE.

TO THE PRESENT POLICY HE SAID WHILE HE DID NOT AGREE NON-CONTRIBUTORY SYSTEM FOR THOSE USING THE SERVICE, HE FELT THAT GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL TO ASK THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY TO RECOVER 20 CENT OF THE MEDICAL COSTS THEY INCURRED WOULD BE TOO DRASTIC.

OF A

THE

PER

SHOULD

TAKE A LEAD

"IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR CLASS B BEDS A SUCCESS, WE AGAIN THINK OF MEDICAL INSURANCE, AND GOVERNMENT SHOULD TO SUPPORT IT, HE SAID.

THAT DENTAL CARE SERVICES TO MR TAI ALSO SAID SHOULD BE IMPROVED AND EXTENDED GRADUALLY.

THE PUBLIC

HE CALLED

ON THE

GOVERNMENT TO RECONSIDER

HOSPITAL, LANTAU

UNTIL PROPOSED CLOSURE OF THE DEVELOPED WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT.

AND

THE DELAY LANTAU ISLAND WAS

SAID THAT MR TAI

WITH MASSIVE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD RE-EXAMINE THE

WHICH UNDER

MAJOR INHERENT DRAWBACKS

TURNING TO TRANSPORTATION, DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT YEARS,

SCHEMES CONTROL PROFIT EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES OPERATED, AND TACKLE THE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHEME.

то DEVELOP MORE USABLE MR TAI ALSO CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT

AND FISHERY

AND PRODUCTION,

то FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FALLOW LAND INVEST IN THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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