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11.
STEPS WERE TAKEN TO IMPROVE THE HANDLING OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES BY FINANCE COMMITTEE. SPECIAL BRIEFINGS ON SOME ISSUES WERE ARRANGED. MEMBERS SEEM TO HAVE FOUND THIS USEFUL.
FC MEETING ON 10 JANUARY 1992
12.
THE INFORMAL VOTING PROCEDURE HITHERTO USED IN FC HAD BEEN
QUERIED AT AN EARLIER MEETING. MEMBERS SUBSEQUENTLY AGREED TO APPLY TO FC THE FORMAL VOTING PROCEDURE OF THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING, AS SET OUT IN STANDING ORDERS 35 TO 37.
13.
NINETEEN ITEMS WERE CONSIDERED AT THIS MEETING. SIXTEEN WERE APPROVED, INCLUDING A RESUBMITTED ITEM ON GRANTS TO UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS.
14. THREE ITEMS ON FUNDING A PILOT STUDY ON ROAD MAINTENANCE STRATEGY, SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION FOR EMPLOYMENT OF SUPPLY TEACHERS AND HOSTING THE 1992 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK IN HONG KONG WERE WITHDRAWN TO ENABLE FURTHER INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.
FC MEETING ON 24 JANUARY 1992
15. THIRTEEN ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED AT THAT MEETING. ALL ITEMS WERE APPROVED, INCLUDING TWO RESUBMITTED ITEMS ON EMPLOYMENT OF SUPPLY TEACHERS AND HOSTING THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNUAL MEETING. FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, 99.98 PER CENT OF ALL FUNDS SOUGHT FROM FINANCE COMMITTEE THIS SESSION HAVE BEEN APPROVED (SEE MY TELNO 255).
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
16.
A CLOSED SESSION WAS HELD ON 28 JANUARY. MEMBERS DECIDED TO HOLD ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DOLLARS 1.62 BILLION BUILDING- COSTS OVERRUN OF THE HONG KONG'S UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. SENIOR OFFICIALS, THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN AND THE JOCKEY CLUB CHAIRMAN AT THE TIME OF THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE INVITED TO ATTEND THE HEARING TO ANSWER QUERIES.
COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
17. MEMBERS DECIDED ON A NEW COMMITTEE STRUCTURE FOR LEGCO AT A SPECIAL IN-HOUSE MEETING ON 18 JANUARY. THE ''ARCULLI'' MODEL
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