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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992

EXCO APPOINTMENT A MATTER FOR THE GOVERNOR

APPOINTMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IS A MATTER ONLY FOR THE GOVERNOR, THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS AFTER A LUNCHEON MEETING AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING, LORD WILSON SAID: "THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

"THAT IS CERTAINLY TRUE IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN NOW AND 1997.

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NOTING THAT RECENT SPECULATION ABOUT WHAT HIS SUCCESSOR MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT DO WAS UNJUSTIFIED, THE GOVERNOR SAID : "BUT WHO THE GOVERNOR APPOINTS TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MUST BE A MATTER FOR THE GOVERNOR ALONE WITH THE AUTHORISATION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE."

ASKED ABOUT THE REPATRIATION OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS, WILSON SAID: "IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WB SHOULD CARRY ON PROGRAMMES SO THAT WE ARE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT REFUGEES BE SENT BACK TO THEIR HOMES IN VIETNAM IF THEY DO NOT VOLUNTEER.

LORD THESE

WILL

"WE'VE GOT BACK 18,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE BACK TO THEIR HOMES

AS VOLUNTEERS AND THERE'S BEEN NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

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"I THINK THIS MORNING'S REPATRIATION WILL ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER TO GO BACK.

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FS EXPLAINS NEW BUDGETARY PLANNING ARRANGEMENTS

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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, BRIEFED LEGISLATORS AT THE OMELCO IN-HOUSE MEETING TODAY (FRIDAY) ON HIS PLANS TO REFORM THE GOVERNMENT'S BUDGETARY PLANNING ARRANGEMENTS.

HE EMPHASISED THAT THE GROWTH IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MUST BE KEPT WITHIN THE TREND GROWTH RATE OF GDP BUT EXPLAINED THAT THERE WOULD IN FUTURE BE GREATER FLEXIBILITY.

THESE PLANNED CHANGES HAVE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD AS AMOUNTING TO A LIFTING OF ALL EXPENDITURE CONTROLS ON GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

MR MACLEOD SAID: "THIS IS ENTIRELY INCORRECT. WE SHALL ADOPT A MORE FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO EXPENDITURE PLANNING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION. BUT OUR MAIN GUIDELINE THAT EXPENDITURE GROWTH MUST КВЕР WITHIN THE TREND GROWTH RATE OF GDP REMAINS IN FORCE.

IN GENERAL TERMS, SECRETARIES WILL IN FUTURE BE GIVEN THE FLEXIBILITY ΤΟ DEPLOY RESOURCES WITHIN AND BETWEEN THEIR PROGRAMME AREAS.

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"ECONOMIES IDENTIFIED WITHIN ONE PROGRAMME AREA COULD IN FUTURE RETAINED BY THE SECRETARIES FOR REDEPLOYMENT. THIS APPROACH WILL GIVE SECRETARIES A REAL INCENTIVE то REASSESS THEIR EXPENDITURE PRIORITIES AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY ACHIEVE THE OPTIMAL ALLOCATION THE RESOURCES UNDER THEIR CONTROL.

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/MR MACLEOD