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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1992

HE SAID THE PROCESS OF UPDATING AND ASPECTS OF THE ACP HAD NOW BEEN COMPLETED.

REVISING

THE

FINANCIAL

AIRPORT

COMMITTEE AND HOC PANEL

THE DETAILS HAD BEEN SUPPLIED TO THE WOULD BE EXPLAINED TO THE RELEVANT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AD AND THE AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE TOMORROW.

"WE WILL ALSO BE RELEASING THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC," FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAID.

THE

LINE

HIS

REMAINED IN HE SAID THE COSTS TO BE BORNE BY THE GOVERNMENT LINE WITH PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED FIGURES. THESE COSTS WERE ALSO IN

ATTACHED TO WITH THOSE INCLUDED IN THE MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST BUDGET SPEECH.

MR

MACLEOD

ADDED THAT FUNDS FOR THE ACP CONSIDERED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

WOULD NEED

TO

BE

"AND IN RESPONSE TO MEMBERS' OWN REQUESTS, WE SHALL BE BRIEFING THE AD HOC PANEL, AND LATER FINANCE COMMITTEE, AS A BACKGROUND AGAINST INDIVIDUAL WHICH THEY CAN ASSESS MORE DETAILED PROPOSALS FOR FUNDING PROJECTS," HE SAID.

LEGCO MEMBERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO BUDGET IN GOOD TIME ESSENTIAL: FS

*

J

HAS

CLEARLY

TO

HEAR

FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON HAMISH MACLEOD, THE STATED

WILLINGNESS TO MEET EARLY IN THE BUDGET PROCESS HIS MEMBERS' VIEWS ON PRIORITIES.

RESUMED BUDGET DEBATE

THE CONCLUDING

TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR MACLEOD SAID THE CHANGED COMPOSITION THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MADE IT ESSENTIAL THAT THE GOVERNMENT

WHICH ENABLED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BUDGET PROCESS IN GOOD TIME.

ARRANGEMENTS

SAID HE

AT

OF

DEVISED THEIR

HE STOOD READY TO START A DIALOGUE ON HOW BEST ΤΟ ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE IN TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

DRAWING ATTENTION TO WHAT HE SAW AS A PARADOX IN THE RESPONSE SAY TO HIS BUDGET, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAID HE THOUGHT IT FAIR TO THAT THE BUDGET HAD BEEN THE SUBJECT OF UNUSUALLY INTENSE SCRUTINY AND DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

YET, HE THOUGHT IT ALSO TRUE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY AS A THE BUDGET HAD BEEN SEEN AS A BALANCED AND SENSIBLE PACKAGE.

WHOLE,

/"I BELIEVE

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