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As such, we do not need a feasibility study to confirm the overkill which CGT can surely bring to our property market.

[...] [...] education and the labour market.

We must also avoid the mistake of over-correction based on a snap-shot view of a continuum of events in the market cycle.

Should this happen, the money spent will absolutely be money wasted.

However, in practice, they will know that while the staff can reach the sales targets set, there is bound to be a large number of complaints and it is unlikely that all of these complaints are unfounded and all of them are false claims on the telecommunications companies meant to demand compensation.

Fish from different fish ponds are often mixed together in the wholesale process and when problems are found in the live fish, how can the authorities be sure that the right source can be traced and the innocent will not be blamed?

Madam President, if all these could, at least, act as a catalyst for our Government to seriously consider the need for a total constitutional reform, this debate could at least claim one silver lining.

Yes, we must have ways and means of eliminating or minimizing abuses, but let us not go overboard and affect the industry overall.

One NGO urged that UNESCO strengthen its in-house and partnership capacity to tackle the numerous issues related to higher education, such as funding; the responsibilities of higher education towards society and the world of work; quality and access; and innovation, research and relevance.

Deputy President, if the Hong Kong Government tolerates the so-called 10-point agreement and the existence of the "second governing team" in Hong Kong through the mechanism of the party, not only will it contravene "One Country, Two Systems", it will also be overlooking the direction of the progress of China's development, compromising the competitive edge of Hong Kong, wasting the collective efforts of Hong Kong people which have been accumulated over the past century, failing to fulfil its obligation and defying the great idea of "One Country, Two Systems" put forth by Mr DENG Xiaoping.

[...] [...] Netherlands, Norway, Palau, Papua New Guinea, [...] [...]

It has taken them several decades to promote human rights to what they are today. If we do not spend more resources on inculcating in young people's mind the importance of human rights, we will have wasted our previous efforts, will we not?

However, with regard to this group of people, like what Dr KWOK Kai-ki said yesterday, the Government has actually wasted its efforts in doing something meaningless because these people will not thank the Government for the tax reduction since it will not benefit them, and they still have to pay tax anyway.

Many people will just accept the reality and understand that the Legislative Council cannot do anything because of its limited power in the constitution and because of the presence of the royalist party, so it is futile to refer the information.