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The total approved project estimates and cumulative expenditure of major renovation and improvement works undertaken in Queen Mary Hospital since 1992 are as follows -

Project Title

Reprovisioning of the Sai Ying Pun Specialist Out-patient Clinic Radiotherapy Department Extension

Date of

Cumulative

Approved Project Estimate

Finance

Expenditure

Committee

as at 30.10.1996

($million)

Approval

($ million)

377.5

5.7.1996

113.6

8.3.1996

4.5

A total of $255 million at July 1986 prices was approved by the FinanceCommittee on 23.7.1986. The approved project estimate was subsequently revised to $316 million at November 1991 prices by the Finance Committee on 21.2.1992.

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Chairman of SFC

Following is a question by the Hon Chim Pui-chung and a written reply by the Secretary for Financial Services, Mr Rafael Hui, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Will the Government inform this Council of -

(a)

the expiry dates of the agreements of the current chairman and deputy chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC);

(b)

the criteria adopted by the authority concerned for determining whether the agreements of the current chairman and deputy chairman of the SFC will be renewed: and

(c)

whether the authority concerned has considered selecting the chairman and deputy chairman of the SFC through open recruitment?