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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1992

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MR WIGGHAM TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT THE EXPENDITURE ON OVERSEAS EDUCATION ALLOWANCES AND SCHOOL PASSAGES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS WAS:

1989/90

90/91

91/92

(REVISED PROVISION)

1992/93

93/94

94/95

OVERSEAS EDUCATION ALLOWANCES

PASSAGES

$ MILLION

$ MILLION

112.6

52.3

168.5

66.

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211.2

103.7

THE FORECAST EXPENDITURE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS IS:

OVERSEAS

EDUCATION

ALLOWANCES

PASSAGES

$ MILLION

$MILLION

222.1

84.7

235.4

82.5

249.6

87.4

THE FORECAST REDUCTION IN PASSAGE EXPENDITURE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS DUE TO A NEW TICKETING ARRANGEMENT WITH RETURN JOURNEYS STARTING IN HONG KONG AND LOWER FARES UNDER A NEW PASSAGE AGREEMENT TO BE INTRODUCED IN 1992/93, MR WIGGHAM SAID.

MORE CONTAINER VEHICLE PARKING SPACES ON TSING YI

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SECRETARY FOR COUNCIL TODAY

EXTRA LAND TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 330 CONTAINER VEHICLES AT SAI TSOI WAN ON TSING YI SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN JULY, THE TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE (WEDNESDAY).

WING-TAT, MR

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LEE LEUNG SAID THERE WERE ALSO PLANS TO MAKE TWO MORE SITES AVAILABLE IN NORTHEAST TSING YI BY SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR FOR ABOUT 400 LORRIES.

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