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1 The Financial Secretary pointed out in paragraph 104 of his speech that the Government is making greater use

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right direction to move towards, but the Government should provide such statutory authorities adequate support and an effective monitoring system. Take the

Medical school health service for instance In 1975 the secretariat

Board was manned by Committee on school health service, he seven staff at that

bes time, the number of students and doctors in the scheme numbered 79,700 respectively. in 1988 the number of students participating in the scheme has

increased to 370,000, or 4.7 times that in 1975 and

the number of doctors

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And during onef period the fommittee board

meetings.convened for more than a year. When it did come up with recommendations the Government did not lend a helping hand.

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~ 27 The Financial Secretary said in paragraph 103 of his

speech that and I quote as and when people enjoy a real increase in their income, it is not unreasonable that they should contribute to the funding of our public services.* I find that the true meaning of

that statement eludes me. Every dollar and cent of

public expenditure comes directly or indirectly from the people whether or not the income of the people

increase or decrease. So long as the Government's requests or proposals are reasonable, usually the

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the effectiveness