"I hold that two principles are important; first that there should be a steady expansion of public services, not an irregular one related to revenue accruing in any particular year; the second that taxes should be constant over long periods (provided, that is, that they are neither burdensome nor inequitable)."

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Source : Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (p. 531), March 24, 1971.

John James Cowperthwaite

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