TNAG-1727-FCO40-2440-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 138

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measures will, to a certain extent, reduce the burden on the sandwich class. However, as we have a surplus of

more than $10 billion, an increase of $2,000 for a single person and $4,000 for a married couple as additional

tax allowance is on the low side. Moreover, many people

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in the sandwich class spend more than 35 per cent of their income on their own home. A reduction in stamp duty definitely will help the sandwich class to own their own

home, but my previous proposal to have a full or partial tax concession for first/time home owners

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definitely will help more to solve the problem faced by them. As these people cannot enjoy public housing and the home ownership scheme, I think the Government should sincerely consider my previous proposal to help the middle-income group to own their own home and to settle down in Hong Kong permanently without thinking about

emigration.

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Regarding environmental improvement, due to a rising living standard and a worsening of the pollution problem, people have a stronger urge to improve the environment. Last year, the Government decided to allocate more pro- vision for the Environmental Protection Department to improve the environment. This year again, there is

Environmentich plotection repartiment another sharp increase for the EPD, the increase of

Among which is the highest of all Government departments. these show that the Government is paying attention and is determined to improve the environment. But take Kün Tong as an example,

Kin Tong is one of the worst districts as far as environmental pollution is concerned. We

and progress of improvement

is slow. receive more and more complaints from the public regarding pollution problems, and we need to do a lot to improve the environment in Kun Tong, so we are far from having a very

good district. The Environmental Protection Department

and faster definitely should work harder to improve the environment of Kun Tong so that residents can work and live in a very

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