 The government would undertake to decrease or eliminate other taxes to make it revenue neutral.The Government proposed that, for the first five years after the GST's introduction, all revenue it would generate after deducting administrative costs would be returned to the community as tax relief and other compensation measures, for example, salaries or profits tax reduction, or to increasing public spending on education, health, social welfare, law and order or infrastructure.The GST proposal was universally condemned by all the major parties in Legco.