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The expenditure charged to 52 heads is in excess

o f the sum appropriated for those heads by the

Appropriation Ordinance 1987. This is because sufficient

offsetting savings could not be found

found within the heads

concerned.

accordance with section 9 of the Public

Finance Ordinance, this excess has been included in the

Supplementary Appropriation (1987-88) Bill 1988

Bill

Members. The Bill seeks to give

give final legislative

authority for the amount of supplementary provision

approved in respect of particular heads of expenditure by

the Finance Committee or under powers delegated by it.

1988 now before

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million.

The total net supplementary appropriation required

in respect of the 52 heads of expenditure is $1,526.30

This excess is largely accounted for by the 1987 Pay

Adjustment and Pay Improvement Package for Model Scale 1

million staff for the Civil Service ($808.2) and overnment

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million

millian

subvented organizations ($388.4m). Other major

contributing factors include the early repayment in full of

the four outstanding Asian Development Bank loans ($318.2m)

million and the purchase of water from China ($132).

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Savings made in other subheads are due to

continued tight control over public expenditure, and I

would like to thank the controlling officers and others who

have contributed to restraint.

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