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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1993

QUESTION:

HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IS UP AND RUNNING AND ABLE TO TACKLE THESE PROBLEMS?

FS:

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I THINK, TOMORROW, WE WILL HAVE THE SECRETARY AM I RIGHT? YES, AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS WHO, HOPEFULLY, WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

FOR WORKS WITH US AFTERNOON

QUESTION:

THERE IS A STRIKING JUMP IN SPENDING ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS A REFLECTION ON WEAK SPENDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE PAST?

FS:

YES, PARTLY IS. YOU WILL NOTICE THERE IS A VERY NICE CHART, WHICH THE WIDTH OF THE COLUMN DEPENDS ON THE SORT OF STARTING POINT, AND THE ONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GOES UP A LOT, BUT IT IS A VERY THIN COLUMN. SO, YES, IT IS RECOVERING FROM LOW LEVEL, SO THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES ARE ENORMOUS.

QUESTION:

A

DO YOU THINK IT IS A GOOD CHANCE TODAY ΤΟ EXPLAIN THE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT IN THE CIF AND THE MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES OF GRA, THAT IS, RESPECTIVELY, 7.5 BILLION AND 7.3 BILLION?

FS:

YES, I COULD ATTEMPT THAT.

OF COURSE, BASICALLY THE ANSWER LIES IN THE LIST OF CAPITAL SPENDING PROPOSALS. BUT THE 7.5 IN THE CIF IS, ROUGHLY SPEAKING, TWO THINGS. IT IS THE EXTRA AMOUNT INTO THE SEWAGE TRADING FUND TO 1.9, AND THEN IT IS THE TWO ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE IN RELATION TO THE CONVENTION EXHIBITION CENTRE, WHICH TOTAL 5.5. THESE ARE ONE OR TWO OTHER MINOR THINGS, BUT BASICALLY THAT IS THE 7.5. AND THEN IN GENERAL REVENUE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS, YOU WILL FIND A WHOLE HOST OF THE OTHER ITEMS WHICH I MENTIONED, INCLUDING, I BELIEVE, SANDWICH CLASS HOUSING, THE TOURIST ASSOCIATION OFFICES, THE HIV CASES, THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY GRANT, THE SPORTS AND PERFORMING ARTS GRANT, NEW TECHNOLOGY

SCHEME, ALL THOSE ITEMS, THAT JS WHERE THEY ARE,

COMMITMENTS GENERAL REVENUE ACCOUNT.

QUESTION:

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES?

FS: HEAD.

IS IT,

TRAINING ADDITIONAL

FROM THE HEAD, THAT THE SUBHEAD IS 106

I DON'T, UNFORTUNATELY, CARRY A NUMBER IN MY

QUESTION: MOUNTS TO

FS:

QUESTION:

FS:

I HEARD THAT THE ADDITIONAL

COMMITMENT, IT'S

K.Y. YEUNG IS NODDING, I THINK.

IT'S ALL FROM THAT?

WE CAN GIVE YOU A LIST IF YOU LIKE, I'M SURE.

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