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Sir, the continued expansion of medical services in the public sector
entails an increasing demand for professional staff. Hong Kong is now confronted with the problem of doctor shortage, both in fovernment
and subvented hospitals. The shortfall in the next few years is
estimated to be around 700 and the situation will worsen if no
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improvement is made. To ease the problem of doctor shortage, the
Government can consider increasing the number of posts for consultants,
improving the terms of employment, providing better opportunity
for further training and researches and allowing for more flexible
conditions of service. In the long term, to tackle the problem of
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a result of brain drain, it cannot simply rely
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on the marching of recruitment exercise. It is most important that we should let the medical and care professionals have a clear picture
of the operation of future hospital authority, and enable them to
have further development in their careers and profession.
This year's Budget is not perfect in every way. Separate taxation
for married couples has been rejected by the Financial Secretary on
grounds of technicalities and cost implications. As an alternative,
the Financial Secretary introduces an annual allowance of up to . $15,000 for working wives. Now this, however, does not solve the basic problem of inequity in which married couples are made to pay extra
income tax due to combined taxation. The Commissioner of Inland
Revenue has indicated that although separate taxation for husbands and
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wives is a complicated issue, he can anticipate the Report completed in a year's time. If the Report will then be submitted to the Financial Secretary and Executive and Legislative Councils
for examination, that means it will take another two years before
separate taxation can be implemented. In this regard, Financial Secretary should make a firm commitment concerning the
possibility of introducing separate taxation for married couples in 1990 or 1991, so as to put the public at ease.
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Sir, with these remarks, I support the Motion.
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