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Wednesday, August 16, 1972
BURDEN ON WATERWORKS BILLING SYSTEM
The high growth rate and the large numbers of water bills, together
with the complications of different water charges, have placed a great burden
on the Waterworks billing organisation.
This was stated today by the Acting Director of Public Works, the Hon. A.Ş. Robertson, while moving the second reading of the Waterworks (Amendment)
Bill 1972 in the Legislative Council.
The Bill provides for water bills to be issued three times a year
instead of four, in order to relieve some of the work pressure which will
allow a more ready implementation of improvements to the system.
Mr. Robertson said the number of meters had increased each year by
about 60,000 to the present total of about 450,000 since separate water
metering became compulsory in 1965 for each residence in new buildings.
The number of water accounts had grown from 1.7 million last year
to 2 million this year, he added.
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