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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1994

CIVIL PWC

ALLOW BUT WHAT WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO DO IS TO SERVANTS TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE PWC OR OFFICIAL ADVISERS TO THE OR BE SUMMONED TO PWC GROUP MEETINGS OR SUB-GROUP MEETINGS AND I THINK WE ALLOW THAT THAT IS PERFECTLY FAIR TO CIVIL SERVANTS BECAUSE IF SITUATION TO BE CONFUSED THEY WOULD WONDER PRECISELY WHO WORKING FOR. OUR CIVIL SERVANTS ARE WORKING FOR ONE PERSON THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT IS THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. THEY WORK FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL, THEY DON'T WORK FOR ME, THEY WORK HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THROUGH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND THEY DO THAT EXTREMELY WELL.

THEY WERE TO WHOM DON'T

FOR THE

THEY WORK

IN THE

HONG

THAT I WANT TO ASK ALSO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PWC. QUESTION: YOUR POLICY ADDRESS, ARTICLE NUMBER 77, IN SOME WAY YOU RECOGNISE STATUS OF THE PWC AND WHY DON'T YOU EXPAND THE WORK BETWEEN THE KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE PWC? BECAUSE I THINK SOME QUESTIONS CANNOT DISCUSSED IN THE JLG, THEY MAY BE BETTER DISCUSSED IN THE PWC.

GOVERNOR:

BE

A QUESTION WELL I HAVE, I HOPE, JUST TRIED TO ANSWER

OUR VIEW IS THAT WHILE WE CAN ABOUT THE PWC FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVELY.

ASSISTANCE TALK TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PWC AND PROVIDE AS MUCH

BYPASS AS THEY WOULD LIKE, IT DOESN'T MAKE VERY MUCH SENSE TO TRY TO

UP GROUP THE

SOME RIVAL OR TO SET LIAISON JOINT

INSTITUTIONAL JOINT IF WE CAN'T MAKE THE TO THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP. ARRANGEMENT

THAT SOME LIAISON GROUP WORK SUCCESSFULLY, WHY DOES ANYBODY THINK

I THINK WE OTHER ARRANGEMENT COULD WORK WHICH HASN'T YET BEEN TRIED?

I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT SOME LIFE INTO THE JLG.

то THE SO AND IF WE CAN DO SO BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONTRIBUTING

THEN INFORMATION ABOUT HONG KONG HELD BY HONG KONG MEMBERS OF THE PWC, SO BE IT.

QUESTION:

MR GOVERNOR I THINK FOR CHILDREN, THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPENSES. NOW THEY ARE PAID ONLY $180. SO HOW DO YOU EXPECT US TO LOOK AFTER OUR CHILDREN WITH SUCH MEAGRE ASSISTANCE? ACCORDING TO DR

WHAT REPORT THERE SHOULD BE MORE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. MCPHERSON'S

DO

YOU THINK?

GOVERNOR:

FOR CHILDREN

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I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE WERE INCREASING THE GRANT то THE SAME LEVEL AS THAT RECEIVED BY THE ELDERLY, INCREASING IT BY $205 A MONTH FOR NEXT APRIL. IT'S BEING INCREASED BY OF $100 OR IT WAS INCREASED BY $100 A MONTH THIS APRIL I BELIEVE COURSE IT'S ALSO THE CASE THAT MANY CHILDREN WILL BE RECEIVING SPECIAL GRANTS TOWARDS THINGS LIKE SCHOOL COSTS. SO I DON'T THINK THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK JUST AT THE BASIC ALLOWANCE BUT ALSO AT THE SPECIAL GRANTS WHICH CHILDREN ARE GETTING AS WELL. BUT I ALSO REPEAT WHAT

SAID I EARLIER. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK COMPREHENSIVELY AT ALL GRANTS, ALL THE ALLOWANCES IN THE LIGHT OF BOTH THE MCPHERSON REPORT AND THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY AND HOPE THAT WE CAN START COMING ΤΟ SOME CONCLUSIONS BEFORE THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

QUESTION: INCREASING

MR GOVERNOR, IN THE POLICY ADDRESS YOU TALKED ABOUT NURSES BY 500. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE WILL BE MORE PLACES IN THE NURSING COURSE IN THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS? AND IF THERE'S AN INCREASE IN PLACES IN SUCH COURSES, ACTUALLY THERE WAS SOME OBJECTION TO THE INCREASE IN PLACES OF SUCH COURSES.

/GOVERNOR: