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FINANCE BRANCH

Paragraphs 6.35 6.44 The need to charge the Urban Council for abortive work on abandoned Urban Council projects handled in-house by the Architectural Office of the Building Development Department

The Finance Branch of the Government Secretariat

Once detailed to the Director view to seeking

and the Building Development Department are jointly considering how the Urban Council should be charged for abortive work on abandoned projects. proposals are finalized, they will be put of Urban Services for consideration with a the Council's agreement to them. In the meantime, the Director has

has been asked to consider the question as a matter of principle first.

With regard to abortive work performed to date by the Architectural Office, the Director of Building Development is, as a first step, collecting information on the more significant cases since 1983 with raising a charge against the Council.

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view to

Subject to the Urban Council agreeing to the Government's proposals, the

the Memorandum of Administrative Arrangements for the Urban Council, which is currently being renegotiated, will be amended accordingly. Should it be agreed that the Regional Council should meet expenditure on capital works carried out on its behalf by the Architectural Office, then similar arrangements will be proposed for the Regional Council.

Paragraphs 6.45 - 6.54 Deferment of action in setting out the Government's policies and procedures for the control of

subventions

In February 1986, the Deputy Financial Secretary convened a meeting of the Standing Committee on the Administration of Subventions and submitted a progress report on outstanding matters. The Committee noted the proposals to form an ad hoc group to tackle outstanding tasks, and to submit a number of policy

of policy issues to the Committee for consideration in the near future.