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MR. PAO PING-WING (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, to judge whether the food premises have changed the approved layout plan illegally or not cannot be done just by looking. This can only be verified by Health Inspectors during their normal course of inspection to the premises comparing with the approved layout plans. It is too early to judge whether the premises are operating illegally or not by DB members or the general public. My short answer to Mr. WONG's question is 'yes'. This is within the category of prosecutions on the deviation from the approved layout of the premises.
MOTIONS
1. THE CHAIRMAN, URBAN COUNCIL, moved the following motion:-
'RESOLVED that the audited Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Receipts and Payments of the Urban Council for the year ended 31 March 1991 be adopted.'
He said (in English): In accordance with section 36(4)(c) of the Urban Council Ordinance, I move the adoption of the audited Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Receipts and Payments of the Urban Council for the year ended 31 March 1991.
Members will note that the Director of Audit's Certificate on the Statements is not qualified by any observation on the manner in which the Council's accounts have been kept and rendered. The Department is to be congratulated for their keeping the Council's accounts in good order.
Also in accordance with Section 40(4) of the Urban Council Ordinance, one copy of the certified statements will be forwarded to His Excellency the Governor.
MR. B. A. BERNACCHI, CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE SELECT COMMITTEE, seconded the motion:-
He said (in English): Mr. Chairman, In rising to second the motion, I would like to congratulate the department in producing our accounts in time and to the satisfaction of the Council and our auditors.
The Council recorded its largest ever deficit of $397.8 million for the financial year 1990/91. This was not unexpected, as the Council had in December 1989 originally budgeted for an even larger deficit of $449 million, to be drawn from its then cumulative reserves of $983 million in order to:
(a) maintain its current level of services; and (b) provide for new facilities.
The recorded deficit would still have been considerably higher for the year ended 31 March 1991, as advised to Members last December, when the 1991/92 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure were adopted, save for the fact, that due to a time warp in billings, certain large payments were only effected in the current financial year, especially:
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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
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MR. PAO PING-WING (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, to judge whether the food premises have changed the approved layout plan illegally or not cannot be done just by looking. This can only be verified by Health Inspectors during their normal course of inspection to the premises comparing with the approved layout plans. It is too early to judge whether the premises are operating illegally or not by DB members or the general public. My short answer to Mr. WONG's question is 'yes'. This is within the category of prosecutions on the deviation from the approved layout of the premises.
MOTIONS
1. THE CHAIRMAN, URBAN COUNCIL, moved the following motion:-
'RESOLVED that the audited Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Receipts and Payments of the Urban Council for the year ended 31 March 1991 be adopted.'
He said (in English): In accordance with section 36(4)(c) of the Urban Council Ordinance, I move the adoption of the audited Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Receipts and Payments of the Urban Council for the ended 31 March 1991.
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Members will note that the Director of Audit's Certificate on the Statements is not qualified by any observation on the manner in which the Council's accounts have been kept and rendered. The Department is to be congratulated for their keeping the Council's accounts in good order.
Also in accordance with Section 40(4) of the Urban Council Ordinance, one copy of the certified statements will be forwarded to His Excellency the Governor.
MR. B. A. BERNACCHI, CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE SELECT COMMITTEE, seconded the motion:-
He said (in English): Mr. Chairman, In rising to second the motion, I would like to congratulate the department in producing our accounts in time and to the satisfaction of the Council and our auditors.
The Council recorded its largest ever deficit of $397.8 million for the financial year 1990/91. This was not unexpected, as the Council had in December 1989 originally budgeted for an even larger deficit of $449 million, to be drawn from its then cumulative reserves of $983 million in order to:
(a) maintain its current level of services; and (b) provide for new facilities.
The recorded deficit would still have been considerably higher for the year ended 31 March 1991, as advised to Members last December, when the 1991/92 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure were adopted, save for the fact, that due to a time warp in billings, certain large payments were only effected in the current financial year, especially:
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