XN000022-1991-03-13 — Page 15

-

13

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991

IS FIXED, HOWEVER, AT APPROVAL OF THIS

HEADS "THE AGGREGATE TOTAL UNDER ALL $44,502,060,000 AND CANNOT BE EXCEEDED WITHOUT THE COUNCIL.. HE SAID,

SECRETARY

SIR PIERS SAID THE MOTION ALSO ENABLED THE FINANCIAL TO VARY THE FUNDS ON ACCOUNT IN RESPECT OF ANY SUBHEAD, PROVIDED THAT THESE VARIATIONS DID NOT CAUSE AN EXCESS OVER THE AMOUNT OF PROVISION ENTERED FOR THAT SUBHEAD IN THE DRAFT ESTIMATES OR AN EXCESS OVER AMOUNT OF FUNDS ON ACCOUNT FOR THE HEAD.

THE

THE DIRECTOR OF "A VOTE ON ACCOUNT WARRANT WILL BE ISSUED TO ACCOUNTING SERVICES AUTHORISING HIM TO MAKE PAYMENTS UP TO THE AMOUNT SPECIFIED IN THIS MOTION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS CONDITIONS.

UPON THE ENACTMENT OF "THE VOTE ON ACCOUNT WILL BE SUBSUMED

WARRANT ISSUED THE GENERAL

AFTER THE THE APPROPRIATION BILL, AND THE

ON ACCOUNT ENACTMENT OF THE APPROPRIATION BILL WILL REPLACE THE VOTE WARRANT AND WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM APRIL 1, 1991,"

HE SAID.

DIFFERENTIAL RATES OF DUTY FOR LEADED AND UNLEADED PETROL

IN

THE

ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS,

MOTION UNDER

COUNCIL

THE HON THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING,

THE DUTIABLE GRAHAM BARNES, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) MOVED A

THE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE

SEEKING LEGISLATIVE

DUTY ON LEADED AND UNLEADED INTRODUCTION OF DIFFERENTIAL RATES OF PETROL IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A PRICE DIFFERENTIAL OF ABOUT $1 PER IN FAVOUR OF UNLEADED PETROL.

LITRE

MR BARNES SAID: "THE INTRODUCTION OF UNLEADED PETROL INTO

THE KONG IS AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN VEHICLES.

CONTROL OF

POLLUTION

HONG FROM MOTOR

IS PETROL

ESSENTIAL IF THE " INTRODUCTION OF UNLEADED

MOST MINIMISE POLLUTION, ARE MODERN PETROL-ENGINED VEHICLES, DESIGNED TO

ΠΑΝ VEHICLES

ONLY OPERATE ON TO BE USED IN HONG KONG, SINCE THOSE UNLEADED PETROL.

"MOST EXISTING PETROL-ENGINED VEHICLES CAN USE UNLEADED PETROL, AND, SHOULD THEY DO SO, WOULD FMIT LESS POLLUTION.

"HENCE IT IS OUR WISH TO ENCOURAGE ITS USE IN HONG KONG,'

·

UNLEADED INTRODUCE MR BARNES' SAID.

PETROL

AND

ΤΟ

USE

UNLEADED OF

PETROL

IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE AGREED THAT IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE FOR UNLEADED PETROL TO BE AT A CHEAPER PRICE THAN LEADED PETROL.

THE

HAD

MR BARNES SAID

COMPANIES OIL WOULD SUPPLY UNLEADED PETROL AT ABOUT 60 CENTS A LEADED PETROL.

BEEN IT HAS

AVAILABLE

THAT INDICATED

LITRE CHEAPER

THEY THAN

/"TO INCREASE