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of the District Fight Crime Committees activities comes from two sources, namely, the District Services Vote of the City and New Territories Administration and the Community Involvement Activities Note of the finance a wide District Board. Each of the funding sources has to spectrum of activities such as district festivals, cultural, recreational and sports activities, civic education, road safety, Keep Hong Kong

Clean, Fight frime, Anti-Narcotics, fire prevention and many other community building projects. It must be pointed out that the Chairmen of the District Fight Crime Committees may not be Members of District Boards with the result that the urgency of funding for counter-crime

campaigns may not be adequately channelled to the City and New, Territor

Administration and the District Boards.<

Under such circumstances and having regard tó a multitude of competing objectives, it is difficult to ensure that provision for Fight Crime Projects is assigned with proper priority and weight.

which requires immediate review.

This is a matter

I propose that the Government should

consider including a separate sub-head for Anti-crime publicity projects organised by the District Fight Crime Committees in the annual 20 estimates of expenditure of the City and New Territory

Territory Administration.

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With these remarks, Sir, I support the motion.

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HU: Sir, I would like to congratulate the Financial Secretary for

A large part of the credit achieving last year's impressive surplus.

should go to the people of Hong Kong, whose drive, determination and diligence to overcome adversity and to exploit every opportunity are

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success we enjoy today was not achieved easily and how we are to sustain it poses a task not any the less difficult.

It is highly praiseworthy aware of the uncertainties ahead

that the Financial Secretary is fully and sticks to a prudent approach. We share in the principles that in 7 the management of the Territories finance, public services have to be planned carefully in the light of what we can afford in the longer term.