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constructive and welcomed, but I have reservation about the proposal on creation of more posts put forth by Ms. Grace Au.

The reason is that I consider this to be deviating from our established directions which are, firstly, to streamline the organization of the Department; secondly, to reduce expenditure and increase revenue; and thirdly, to make the best use of resources.

I hope that in her later reply, Ms. Grace Au will provide in detail the exact number of the additional posts that can be created, the type of the posts and the extent to which the level of unemployment can be alleviated.

As for the recommendation on seeking more funding, I support it because it is a fact that the Council is short of funds. I support the idea of obtaining more resources to help improve municipal services, but as to the idea of creating more posts, I have much reservation because I consider that it is not direct enough. More direct relief such as reduction of rentals, setting up of hawkers' permitted areas and flea markets, or a review of the existing contracting-out mechanism is more practical. We should study and discuss them as soon as possible.

I hope that as far as the application for supplementary provision is concerned, the Council will conduct a study as soon as possible. As for the creation of additional posts, I hope we can stick to the established direction. We should work out a remedy when there is any deviation. We should also look at the overall allocation of resources, make the best use of our resources, reform the existing bureaucratic structure and increase our efficiency. This is the major direction that we should follow today. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

MR. PAO PING-WING (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, a lot of Members have already put forth their views on Ms. Grace AU's motion and in particular, the basic views of Ms. Jennifer CHOW and Ms. Ada WONG are more or less the same. I therefore do not intend to repeat them here.

I only wish to raise a few key points. Firstly, we have read the motion on the creation of posts. I wish to add that for the Government to employ more staff, either contract or permanent staff, is basically not a solution for the problem of unemployment. Posts should be created to cater for service needs and not to provide jobs for the many people who are out of employment. This is the major principle.

Secondly, about the advancement of projects, I believe that the priority for the projects under the five-year plans is laid down after careful consideration and study. If the projects were advanced randomly without good reasons, the question of logic discussed just now would arise here. It would not bring about the greatest benefit to the Council or the services for the community, or even represent the best use of our financial resources.

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F of 606 86 PROVISIONAL URBAN COUNCIL constructive and welcomed, but I have reservation about the proposal on creation of more posts put forth by Ms. Grace Au. The reason is that I consider this to be deviating from our established directions which are, firstly, to streamline the organization of the Department; secondly, to reduce expenditure and increase revenue; and thirdly, to make the best use of resources. I hope that in her later reply, Ms. Grace Au will provide in detail the exact number of the additional posts that can be created, the type of the posts and the extent to which the level of unemployment can be alleviated. As for the recommendation on seeking more funding, I support it because it is a fact that the Council is short of funds. I support the idea of obtaining more resources to help improve municipal services, but as to the idea of creating more posts, I have much reservation because I consider that it is not direct enough. More direct relief such as reduction of rentals, setting up of hawkers' permitted areas and flea markets, or a review of the existing contracting-out mechanism is more practical. We should study and discuss them as soon as possible. I hope that as far as the application for supplementary provision is concerned, the Council will conduct a study as soon as possible. As for the creation of additional posts, I hope we can stick to the established direction. We should work out a remedy when there is any deviation. We should also look at the overall allocation of resources, make the best use of our resources, reform the existing bureaucratic structure and increase our efficiency. This is the major direction that we should follow today. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. MR. PAO PING-WING (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, a lot of Members have already put forth their views on Ms. Grace AU's motion and in particular, the basic views of Ms. Jennifer CHOW and Ms. Ada WONG are more or less the same. I therefore do not intend to repeat them here. I only wish to raise a few key points. Firstly, we have read the motion on the creation of posts. I wish to add that for the Government to employ more staff, either contract or permanent staff, is basically not a solution for the problem of unemployment. Posts should be created to cater for service needs and not to provide jobs for the many people who are out of employment. This is the major principle. Secondly, about the advancement of projects, I believe that the priority for the projects under the five-year plans is laid down after careful consideration and study. If the projects were advanced randomly without good reasons, the question of logic discussed just now would arise here. It would not bring about the greatest benefit to the Council or the services for the community, or even represent the best use of our financial resources. -64 of 606

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F of 606 86 PROVISIONAL URBAN COUNCIL constructive and welcomed, but I have reservation about the proposal on creation of more posts put forth by Ms. Grace Au. The reason is that I consider this to be deviating from our established directions which are, firstly, to streamline the organization of the Department: secondly, to reduce expenditure and increase revenue; and thirdly, to make the best use of resources. I hope that in her later reply. Ms. Grace Au will provide in detail the exact number of the additional posts that can be created, the type of the posts and the extent to which the level of unemployment can be alleviated. As for the recommendation on seeking more funding, I support it because it is a fact that the Council is short of funds. I support the idea of obtaining more resources to help improve municipal services, but as to the idea of creating more posts. I have much reservation because I consider that it is not direct enough. More direct relief such as reduction of rentals, setting up of hawkers' permitted areas and flea markets, or a review of the existing contracting-out mechanism is more practical. We should study and discuss them as soon as possible. I hope that as far as the application for supplementary provision is concerned, the Council will conduct a study as soon as possible. As for the creation of additional posts. I hope we can stick to the established direction. We should work out a remedy when there is any deviation. We should also look at the overall allocation of resources, make the best use of our resources, reform the existing bureaucratic structure and increase our efficiency. This is the major direction that we should follow today. Thank you. Mr. Chairman. MR. PAO PING-WING (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, a lot of Members have already put forth their views on Ms. Grace AU's motion and in particular, the basic views of Ms. Jennifer CHow and Ms. Ada WONG are more or less the same. I therefore do not intend to repeat them here. I only wish to raise a few key points. Firstly, we have read the motion on the creation of posts. I wish to add that for the Government to employ more staff. either contract or permanent staff, is basically not a solution for the problem of unemployment. Posts should be created to cater for service needs and not to provide jobs for the many people who are out of employment. This is the major principle. Secondly, about the advancement of projects, I believe that the priority for the projects under the five-year plans is laid down after careful consideration and study. If the projects were advanced randomly without good reasons, the question of logic discussed just now would arise here. It would not bring about the greatest benefit to the Council or the services for the community, or even represent the best use of our financial resources. -64 of 606

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constructive and welcomed, but I have reservation about the proposal on creation of more posts put forth by Ms. Grace Au.

The reason is that I consider this to be deviating from our established directions which are, firstly, to streamline the organization of the Department: secondly, to reduce expenditure and increase revenue; and thirdly, to make the best use of resources.

I hope that in her later reply. Ms. Grace Au will provide in detail the exact number of the additional posts that can be created, the type of the posts and the extent to which the level of unemployment can be alleviated.

As for the recommendation on seeking more funding, I support it because it is a fact that the Council is short of funds. I support the idea of obtaining more resources to help improve municipal services, but as to the idea of creating more posts. I have much reservation because I consider that it is not direct enough. More direct relief such as reduction of rentals, setting up of hawkers' permitted areas and flea markets, or a review of the existing contracting-out mechanism is more practical. We should study and discuss them as soon as possible.

I hope that as far as the application for supplementary provision is concerned, the Council will conduct a study as soon as possible. As for the creation of additional posts. I hope we can stick to the established direction. We should work out a remedy when there is any deviation. We should also look at the overall allocation of resources, make the best use of our resources, reform the existing bureaucratic structure and increase our efficiency. This is the major direction that we should follow today. Thank you. Mr. Chairman.

MR. PAO PING-WING (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, a lot of Members have already put forth their views on Ms. Grace AU's motion and in particular, the basic views of Ms. Jennifer CHow and Ms. Ada WONG are more or less the same. I therefore do not intend to repeat them here.

I only wish to raise a few key points. Firstly, we have read the motion on the creation of posts. I wish to add that for the Government to employ more staff. either contract or permanent staff, is basically not a solution for the problem of unemployment. Posts should be created to cater for service needs and not to provide jobs for the many people who are out of employment. This is the major principle.

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