MONDAY, DECEMBER 2,
1991
FROM AN
"TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, THIS WAS A REACTION TO ALREADY DEMAND,
THERE AS
HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT REQUEST CONNECTED WITH TRADE WITH THE PEARL RIVER PORTS FOR AND CONSOLIDATION PORT IN THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.
EXPRESSED
COMPANIES OFF-LOADING
** THE
NATURE PRECISE
OF THE FACILITIES COMPLETELY CLEAR, BUT TO NARROW THE OPTIONS THE
PROSPECTUS FOR SALE CIRCULATING A
OF SEABED TERMINAL IN TUEN MUN AREA EARLY NEXT YEAR,
FOR
IS NOT REQUIRED GOVERNMENT WILL BE
A RIVER
TRADE
11
HE SAID.
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NO QUESTION OF SPENDING CUTS ON SEWAGE PROJECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PRIORITY TASKS AND WILL REMAIN A MAJOR AREA OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING WITH SOME $4 BILLION BEING SPENT ON SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL PROJECTS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES, MR SIU CHUEN, TODAY (MONDAY) DURING A PRESS VISIT TO STONECUTTERS ISLAND AND THE WEST KOWLOON WATERFRONT WHERE WORKS ON THE $1.35 BILLION NORTH WEST KOWLOON SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SCHEME ARE BEING CARRIED OUT IN FULL SWING.
MR SIU TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY то REITERATE THAT DESPITE THE RELATIVELY SLOWER ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE TERRITORY AND THE LIMITED GROWTH OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, THERE IS NO QUESTION OF THE GOVERNMENT CUTTING DOWN ON THE EXPENDITURE IN INVESTMENTS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
TO REFLECT THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION IN THIS PURSUIT, MR SIU SAID THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OF HIS DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN INCREASED FROM $719 MILLION IN 1990/91 TO AN ESTIMATED $1,500 MILLION FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
"THIS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN THE YEARS TO COME *SEWERAGE MASTERPLAN SCHEMES' ARE IMPLEMENTED, WITH THE
TO FOR THE ANNUAL CAPITAL WORKS EXPENDITURE
REACH $2.9 1993/94, ALMOST FOUR TIMES OF THAT FOR 1990/91.
ON
WHEN MORE
PROJECTION BILLION IN
"SOME 90 PER CENT OF THIS EXPENDITURE WILL. BE ON SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL, AND THE REMAINDER
STORMWATER DRAINS AND FLOOD CONTROL MEASURES," HE SAID.
CITING THE NORTH WEST KOWLOON SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SCHEME AS EXAMPLE, MR SIU SAID THE SCHEME TOGETHER WITH OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY HIS DEPARTMENT HAD RECENTLY BEEN REAFFIRMED IN THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY THAT IT SHOULD REMAIN INTACT AND SHOULD GO AHEAD AS SCHEDULED.
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