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In addition, there should be priorities in the economical management of public money. If expenses are to be cut, I think we should first reduce our spending on foreigners, then on Government expenditure, services for the public should be the last to be affected by the cut. The practice of thrift has to be in line with the principle of 'money taken from the people should be spent on
the people'.
Sir, it appears that the Government is putting the cart before the horse by trying to save money spent on the Hong Kong people instead of taking positive steps to save huge sums of unnecessary spending of which the Government is aware. For example, Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong are foreigners, why doesn't the Government try to save such huge but unnecessary spending on them first? Regarding the defence cost, there is no reason for Hong Kong to continue to share the cost of keeping the British garrison in Hong Kong and be unable to relieve its burden
in this respect.
On the other hand, does wastage exist within the
Administration?
Poor service or rude attitude of certain civil
servants would be a kind of wastage. If the Government just try to save money spent on the public instead of reviewing and improving the above-mentioned problems, how can it convince others? A
cracked bell never sounds well.
Sir, although the Government is subject to the influence of certain authority and is afraid of possible damage to its reputation, I hope it would overcome these factors and try to wipe off the public's misunderstanding that the Government would only kill flies, but not the tigers. Therefore, I hope the Government would have the determination and courage to deal with the problem of wastage, which is within the Administration as well as brought about by external factors. In the words of the Senior Member to the Financial Secretary, "It's our money.". by hard work should be spent properly. That
The money that we earn is my expectation, and
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