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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988
NO DECISION YET ON UPGRADING VOLTAGE
NO DECISION HAS YET BEEN TAKEN ON WHETHER HONG KONG'S ELECTRICITY VOLTAGE SHOULD BE UPGRADED TO 220 VOLTS, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY PROFESSOR THE HON POON CHUNG-KWONG, MR JACOBS SAID THIS PROPOSAL HAD IMPLICATIONS BOTH FOR THE POWER COMPANIES AND FOR CONSUMERS.
ASSISTANCE OF
"THE GOVERNMENT IS STUDYING THIS ISSUE WITH THE ITS CONSULTANTS AS PART OF AN OVERALL RXAMINATION OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF SYSTEM PLANNING BY THE TWO POWER COMPANIES HE SAID.
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HE EXPLAINED THAT BEFORE RECOMMENDATIONS COULD BE PUT ΤΟ THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, IT WOULD RE NECESSARY TO CONSULT ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.
"I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS TN THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR," HE ADDED.
PLANS TO IMPROVE URBAN FRINGE, RURAL AREAS
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MILLION
WORK WILL START IN JUNE ON A PILOT PROJECT COSTING $11 FOR UPGRADING OF ROADS AND CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERAGE FACILITIES IN THE SAN HING TSUEN AREA NORTH OF TUEN MUN.
SAID
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH.
"THIS WILL, IF SUCCESSFUL, BECOME THE PATTERN FOR SIMILAR SCHEMES IN LAU FAU SHAN (WHICH WOULD COST SHAN ($42 MILLION) AND THE WHOLE OF (ABOUT $192 MILLION)," HE SAID.
ABOUT $96 MILLION), PIG YUEN LONG-TUEN MUN CORRID 14
"BUT NONE OF THESE LATTER SCHEMES WOULD START IN THE KARLY
1990'S."
MR BARNES ALSO SAID THAT THE ALLOCATION OF $17 MILLION FOR LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS AND $18 MILLION FOR URBAN 1988-89 WAS FOR A PROGRAMME OF ONLY FAIRLY WERE RELATIVELY EASY TO IMPLEMENT AND NOT EXPENDITURE OR LAND ACQUISITION.
FRINGE IMPROVEMENTS IN SMALL-SCALE WORKS WHICH INVOLVING MAJOR CAPITAL
IN VIEW