WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1977
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NO PERMIT GRANTED FOR PILING DURING BAN PERIODS
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THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD, SAID TODAY THAT HE HAD GRANTED NO EXEMPTIONS TO PERMIT PILING WITHIN THE PROHIBITED HOURS.
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS FROM THE HON. P.G. WILLIAMS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE POINTED OUT THAT CONTRACTORS WORKING FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION WERE AUTOMATICALLY EXEMPTED FROM THE RESTRICTIONS UNDER THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION ORDINANCE.
BUT HE ADDED: THE CORPORATION HAS, HOWEVER, EXERCISED TIGHT CONTROL ON SUCH WORKS AND HAS ALLOWED PILING TO BE CARRIED OUT DURING THE PROHIBITED HOURS IN ONLY FOUR INSTANCES.+
MR. MCDONALD SAID THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH OTHER CONTRACTORS COULD OBTAIN EXEMPTION IN RESPECT OF PILING WORKS WAS BY MEANS OF AN ORDER MADE BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL.
+ IN THE PERIOD SINCE THE SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS ON PILING WERE INTRODUCED IN SEPTEMBER 1972, THREE SUCH ORDERS SPECIFICALLY PERMITTING PILING DURING THE PROHIBITED HOURS HAVE BEEN MADE, * MR. MCDONALD SAID.
+OF THESE, TWO WERE IN RESPECT OF GOVERNMENT PROJECTS AND ONE IN RESPECT OF A PRIVATE PROJECT.+
NO APPLICATIONS FOR EXEMPTION HAVE BEEN REFUSED, HE SAID.
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GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE FOR 1976/77
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE SAID TODAY THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTUAL TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR 1976-77 AMOUNTED TO $6,591 MILLION -$621 MILLION LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED WHEN HE MOVED THE MOTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE FINAL SCHEDULE OF SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS FOR 1976-77.
HE SAID THE SCHEDULE COVERED A TOTAL OF $42 MILLION OF WHICH $23.2 MILLION WAS TO MEET ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE ON PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS IN TEN DEPARTMENTS.
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