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LegCo Finance Committee examines Government's funding proposal for providing emergency relief to earthquake victims in Sichuan Province (with photos)
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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:

     The Legislative Council (LegCo) Finance Committee (FC) held a special meeting today (April 24) in Conference Room 1 of the LegCo Complex to examine the Government's funding proposal of seeking a supplementary provision of $100 million to enable an injection to be made to the Disaster Relief Fund for providing emergency relief to earthquake victims in Sichuan Province in the Mainland upon the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee. As there were still some FC members wishing to speak and ask questions, FC Chairman will schedule another meeting to continue deliberation of the funding proposal.

     Meanwhile, Members of the LegCo observed one minute's silence to mourn the victims of the earthquake in Ya'an of Sichuan Province at the beginning of the Council meeting today.

Ends/Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Issued at HKT 20:17

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