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Sir,

Statement on the Government Minute in response to

Report No. 7 of the Public Accounts Committee by

the Honourable The Chief Secretary

in Legislative Council on Wednesday 13 March 1985

The Government Minute

is tabled as

the

Administration's response

response to the Public Accounts Committee

Report No. 7 which was tabled on 23 January 1985.

Its purpose is twofold: first, to comment as

appropriate on the conclusions and recommendations of the

Public Accounts Committee and, second, to indicate what

action the Administration has taken, or proposes

or proposes to take,

to remedy irregularities and to improve procedures and, if

necessary, to explain why it intended that no action shall

be taken.

As the Government Minute speaks for itself, I do

not propose to repeat here the response recorded therein,

except to mention that the Administration has taken

particular note of the observations set out in the General

Conclusions and Recommendations Section of the Committee'

Heads of departments and secretariat branches have

Report.

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