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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1990
SIR PIERS SAID THAT AS THE PORT AND AIRPORT STRATEGY COMPRISED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BUT RELATED PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED OVER CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME, THE EFFECT ON THE ECONOMY AND ON FINANCES A WOULD NOT BE CONCENTRATED IN ANY ONE YEAR.
"WE HAVE SOME SCOPE FOR PHASING IN THE LIGHT OF DEMAND AND OTHER FACTORS, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE PORT," HE SAID.
DETAILED
AND
HE SAID OVER THE MONTHS AHEAD, AS THE PLANS BECAME AVAILABLE, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSESS ALL
COSTINGS ASPECTS OF THE FINANCING AND THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY.
"FINANCIAL ADVISERS WILL ASSIST STRATEGY WILL HAVE TO BE SUFFICIENTLY FLEXIBLE TO TAKE
US IN THIS TASK, AND OUR THE PARTICULAR
INTO ACCOUNT DIFFERENT PROJECTS COMMENCE," HE SAID.
CLIMATE AT THE TIME THE
ECONOMIC
AND FINANCIAL
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAID WHAT HE WAS SEEKING TO DO IN BUDGET WAS TO BEGIN PUTTING IN PLACE A
THIS REVENUES
STRUCTURE THAT COULD BE USED AS A BASIS FOR FINANCING THESE
FOR THE PUBLIC WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING AS FAR AS POSSIBLE THE LOW RATES OF PROJECTS, DIRECT TAXATION.
HE NOTED THAT LARGE CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS LABOUR INTENSIVE AS THEY WERE IN THE PAST.
WERE NOT AS
"I AM CONFIDENT THAT BOTH THE NEW AIRPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE ARE CONTEMPLATING ARE WITHIN OUR ALL THE OTHER OVERALL CAPABILITY, ALTHOUGH WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER ARRANGEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLETED ON TIME UNACCEPTABLE INFLATIONARY IMPACT," HE SAID.
EXCEPTIONAL AND WITHOUT
NEED TO TIGHTEN CONTROL, ENSURE VALUE FOR MONEY
FOR
THERE IS CLEARLY A NEED TO TIGHTEN CONTROL AND ENSURE VALUE MONEY IN THE LIGHT OF THE SLOW-DOWN IN THE ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTED, AND AN AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF THE LEVEL OF SEVEN PER CENT FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID TODAY.
PRESENTING HIS
FORECAST
PERIOD
BUDGET. SIR PIERS SAID IN THE MEDIUM RANGE
OF THE UP TO 1993-94, REAL PUBLIC SECTOR EXPENDITURE WAS FORECAST TO AVERAGE ABOUT 6.6 PER CENT A GROWTH IN CONSOLIDATED YEAR.
THIS, HE NOTED, WAS HIGHER THAN THE TREND GROWTH RATE ASSUMPTION FOR THE GDP OF 5.5 PER CENT A YEAR.
/"THE PROPORTION