ESTIMATES CONTAINING A VOTE ON ACCOUNT FOR EXPENDITURE FOR PART OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1997-98

Order read for consideration in Committee of Supply [Allotted Day].

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

12.40 pm

The Chairman: Estimates containing a Vote on Account for expenditure for part of the financial year 1st April, 1997 to 31st March, 1998, contained in Cmd. No. 18 of 1996.

No notice of amendments has been received.

Question, "That the sums stated for the heads of expenditure which appear in the third column of the Schedule on page 3 of Cmd. 18 of 1996 stand part of the Main Estimates", put and agreed to.

Question, "That the sums stated for the heads of expenditure which appear in the fourth column of the Schedule on page 3 of Cmd. 18 of 1996 stand part of the 968Development Estimates", put and agreed to.

Question, "That the sum of $11,399,401,000 shall be supplied to the Government on account under the heads of expenditure for the public services specified in the Estimates contained in Cmd. 18 of 1996", put and agreed to.

Resolution to be reported.

Thereupon Mr Speaker left the Chair of the Committee and took the Chair of the House.

The Minister for Finance (Dr Richard Hu Tsu Tau): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to report that the Committee of Supply have come to a certain resolution.

Resolution reported -

"That the sum of $11,399,401,000 shall be supplied to the Government on account under the heads of expenditure for the public services specified in the Estimates contained in Cmd. 18 of 1996".

Dr Richard Hu Tsu Tau: Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move, "That Parliament doth agree with the Committee on the said resolution."

Question put, and agreed to.

(*The decision of the President was circulated to hon. Members on 13th December 1996 and is reproduced in Annex 1 (Cols. 1031 - 1032).) Resolution accordingly agreed to. Annex 1 (Cols. 1031 - 1032)