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He is doing nothing more that making preparations for a possible rainy day. Sir, let us hope that Hong Kong will not end, whether with a bang or wi a whimper, but simply continue to
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Mr. CHAN Ying-Leung ←
(In Cantonese):
Sir, it had not been my intention tó criticise Government, given such an. applaudable Budget presented by the Financial Secretary. Then came the prop-
osal by Governemnt to reduce/transport
child
subsidies to school children, which
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leads me to comment on the Government's management of finances. From the public's point of view, public funds are from the people, and should be for the people, no matter how large the exp- enditure, so long as the funds are used appropriately and in a reasonable and fair way, there should be no objection or allegations of wastefulness. instance over $2 billion were spent on clearance of the Kowloon Walled City. There were no objections because the funds were used reasonably on the people of Hong Kong. When the Government an- nounced the scheme to reduce travel sub-
School sidies to shcool children, the public intuitively perceived that as a cost cutting exercise. The Government
thought that it would be killing two
birds with one stone because it would also
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