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TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1991
"WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER,
ALLOCATION BY THE 'STAR CHAMBER'
IF
-
ANYTHING *
BECOMES
A COMMITTEE MADE UP THE
FOR
AVAILABLE OF THE CHIEF CIVIL SERVICE FUND
SECRETARY, FINANCIAL, SECRETARY, THE SECRETARY FOR AND MYSELF IN ORDER TO MEET GROWING DEMAND FOR SERVICES AND TO
MR YEUNG SAID. NEW INITIATIVES,
་་
"WITH INCREASING PRESSURE TO FILL THIS GAP AT A TIME
IT WILL BECOME NECESSARY FOR GAP IS NARROWING PURELY INCREMENTAL APPROACH.
WHEN THE US TO RE-THINK THIS
HAVE
"WE WILL INCREASINGLY EXISTING SERVICES, IN ORDER TO FIND) SAID.
TO
LOOK BELOW SAVINGS FOR RE-DEPLOYMENT,
THE
BASELINE
OF
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HE
THESE MAY BE OBTAINED IN A VARIETY
OF WAYS, MR YFUNG NOTED.
WAYS
THINGS; OF DOING "THEY INCLUDE MORE COST-EFFICIENT
OF CAPITAL INTENSIVE REPLACING LABOUR-INTENSIVE PROCESSES IN FAVOUR
AND SCALING ONES, AS IN COMPUTERISATION AND ELECTRONIC DATA LINKAGE; BACK OR CANCELLING SERVICES AND BENEFITS WHICH ARE NO LONGER AS NEEDED AS THEY USED TO BE.
BADLY
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BUT PLEASANT "SUCH CHOICES ARE NOT ALWAYS MADE, HE STRESSED.
THEY
HAVE TO
BE
MADE WISELY
"AND IF THEY ARE RESOURCES FOR FUNDING NEW SERVICES OR FOR MR YEUNG SAID.
THEY
COULD FREE VALUABLE
EXISTING IMPROVING
ONES,
EDUCATION AND FRES ΤΟ ASSIST OF FIRST DEGREE
HE RECALLED THAT WHEN HE WAS THE SECRETARY FOR
TUITION INCREASE TERTIARY MANPOWER, HE DECIDED TO TOWARDS THE BNORMOUS COST OF DOUBLING THE PROVISION PLACES BY THE MID-1990S.
" I ALSO DECIDED TO
SCALE BACK STUDENT
IN
SUBSIDIES TRAVEL ORDER BOTH TO EXPAND SIXTH FORM EDUCATION AND TO GET ON WITH THE VITAL EDUCATIONAL REFORMS RECOMMENDED IN THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMISSION.
EDUCATION
EXERCISE, I REDUCED "IN ALL, IN THE 1990 RESOURCE ALLOCATION
BILLION OVER ANNUALLY RECURRENT SPENDING IN EDUCATION BY ALMOST $1.4
NEARLY THE SAME RE-DEPLOYED BUT
SAME THE FOUR YEARS 1991-92 TO 1994-95, AMOUNT TOWARDS THE FUNDING OF REFORMS AND NEW INITIATIVES IN THE PROGRAMME AREA,
OPPORTUNITIES
"OTHER SECRETARIES HAVE BEEN BUT I BELIEVE MUCH MORE CAN BE DONE,
FI
EXPLORING HE SAID.
SIMILAR
MR YEUNG
SAID
AS THE
BOTEL "SHOCK PROOF"
FINANCIAL BUDGET TO
THE
TURNING TO PUBLIC REVENUE, SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, HAD POINTED OUT IN SEVERAL OF HIS
KONG WOULD NEED SPERUFS, AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE HONG REDUCE ITS DEPENDENCE ON DIRECT TAXATION FISCAL SYSTEM.
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"ONE WAY OF ACHIEVING THIS CONSUMPTION TAX WITH LOW RATES.
AND
TO
WOULD RE
TO
HAVE
BROAD-BASED
/"SUCH A
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