FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1978
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TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
AP LEI CHAU RESERVOIRS
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WORK IS TO BEGIN SHORTLY ON THE AP LEI CHAU FRESH AND SALT WATER SERVICE RESERVOIRS TO COPE WITH DEVELOPMENTS ON THE ISLAND.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK WERE INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
A P.W.D. SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PROJECT INVOLVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 20,000 CUBIC METRE RESERVOIR, A 1,500 CUBIC METRE SALT WATER RESERVOIR AND A 680-METRE-LONG ACCESS ROAD AT THE WESTERN PART OF AP LEI CHAU.
IT ALSO INCLUDED THE LAYING OF ABOUT 4,000 METRES OF FRESH AND SALT WATER MAINS, HE ADDED.
THE PROJECT IS PART OF A SCHEME, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SALT WATER PUMPING STATION, TO PROVIDE FRESH AND SALT WATER SUPPLY TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND WHERE INTENSIVE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING PLACE.
WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 19 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR AUGUST *****
THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1978, SHOW A SURPLUS OF $28.3 MILLION, COMPARED WITH A DEFICIT OF $168.7 MILLION IN AUGUST LAST YEAR. THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN ACCUMULATED SURPLUS OF $2.9 MILLION FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, COMPARED WITH A DEFICIT OF $222.5 MILLION FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
TOTAL EXPENDITURE, AT $761.5 MILLION, WAS $90.7 MILLION MORE THAN IN AUGUST, 1977.
TOTAL REVENUE AND RECEIPTS, AT $789.8 MILLION, WERE $287.7 MILLION MORE THAN FOR THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
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