Complex sentence: Faced with calls to abolish the levy, the government was adamantly opposed; according to the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, the HK $5 billion fund would only support the Employment Retraining Board for four or five years if the levy was permanently waived.
Split into simpler sentences: Faced with calls to abolish the levy, the government was adamant that the levy would not be scrapped. The Secretary for Labour and Welfare said the HK $5 billion fund would only support the work of the Employment Retraining Board for four to five years if the levy was permanently waived.