XN000022-1994-02-02 — Page 5

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2,

1994

I

THAT SORT OF

BUT

WE

ΤΟ HAVE EASIER SOMETIMES THINK IT'S GOVERNOR: DISCUSSION WITHOUT NECESSARILY DOING IT WITH ALL THE CAMERAS. WELL ARE REPORTING TO YOU WHAT HAPPENED AND I'M SURE THAT MANY OF THOSE WHO EXACTLY THE TOOK PART IN THE MEETING WILL WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AS WHAT HAPPENED. AND I'LL BE REPORTING BACK TO THOSE WHO WEREN'T AT MEETING WHAT HAPPENED.

QUESTION:

PROJECT,

?

ON YOUR FOURTH PROPOSAL FOR THE AIRPORT FINANCIAL WILL THAT BE MAKING MAJOR CONCESSIONS TO THE CHINESE SIDE AND GOVERNOR: I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO WHAT I'D SAID YESTERDAY.

QUESTION: AND THAT WILL BE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TAXPAYERS? GOVERNOR: I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO WHAT I SAID YESTERDAY AND REPEAT WHAT I SAID EARLIER, THAT WE THANKS TO THE STRONG POSITION OUR FINANCIAL RESERVES IN HONG KONG, WE CAN AFFORD TO DO WHAT WE SUGGESTING TO THE CHINESE.

QUESTION: WHAT IS THE VOLUNTARY TARGET IN THE CIVIL SERVICE?

GOVERNOR:

I

OF

ARE

ABOUT,

WHEN I SAY WE HAVE AT PRESENT GOT ABOUT 3,000.

BUT THE CIVIL THERE IS SOME ARGUMENT ABOUT THE DEFINITIONS USED.

PEOPLE AND SERVICE BRANCH BELIEVE THAT WE ARE EMPLOYING 3,778 HANDICAPPED IN THE CIVIL SERVICE AND WE ARE AIMING TO PUSH THAT UP TO 4,000, CERTAINLY BY THE SUMMIT AFTER NEXT, WE WILL DO BETTER IF WE CAN.

QUESTION: THAT'S

GOVERNOR: THAT'S OVER 200. AND THAT WAS REGARDED

QUESTION: BUT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THEM...

GOVERNOR: SORRY?

+

QUESTION: THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THEM

IN HONG KONG ?

GOVERNOR: THERE ARE THOUSANDS BUT THE NUMBER WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED IS NOT A MORE ACCURATE KNOWN AND WE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO TRYING TO GET FIGURE, A MORE ACCURATE STATISTIC ON THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT WORK IN THE WERE THERE. ANY DISABLED COMMUNITY. IT COULD WORK IF THE CHANCES MORE.

QUESTION: IS THERE ANY MEASURE TO ENCOURAGE THE EMPLOYERS THE DISABLED, FOR EXAMPLE, TAX EXEMPTION?

то EMPLOY

/GOVERNOR