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Oral answers to questions

11

and corporatisation

Privatisation of public sunces

Revised

Question No. 1

dost

1. DR. CHIU asked:

Question Will

Government

this inform

Council, whether consideration is being given to privatizing some of the

the public services and, if so, what services are likely to be privatized?

REPLY BY THE HONOURABLE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY

IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 1988

FINANCIAL SECRETARY:

sir,

The

only

public

S

service

consideration for privatization is that

running of

currently

under

relating

to the

abattoirs. We are examining the possibility of

transferring this service

private

from the Urban Council to the

sector, with the Urban Council retaining its public

health responsibilities.