TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1992
THAT RAW SEWAGE WOULD RECLAMATION IN
UNTIL RECENTLY, THERE HAVE BEEN FEARS CONTRIBUTE TO THE POLLUTION LEVEL AS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE AREA WITH THE WATERS IN THE VICINITY BECOMING MORE STAGNANT.
WITH
MR SIU SAID
PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL
TASKS PRIORITY GOVERNMENT'S
SOME GOVERNMENT SPENDING
AND WOULD
$4
BILLION
WAS ONE OF THE
A
REMAIN
MAJOR BEING SPENT
AREA OF ON
SEWAGE
TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL PROJECTS.
HE
TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY
QUESTION OF THE
TO
REITERATE
THE IN
GOVERNMENT CUTTING
DOWN
RELATIVELY SLOWER ECONOMIC GROWTH
REGARD TO THE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION.
THAT
DESPITE
THE
TERRITORY, THERE WAS NO WITH EXPENDITURE
ON THE NEEDED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
TO REFLECT THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION IN THIS
PURSUIT, MR
SIU SAID THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OF HIS DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN INCREASED MILLION IN THE FISCAL YEAR FROM $719 MILLION IN 1990/91 TO $1,150 JUST ENDED.
FOR
THE 1992/93
FINANCIAL
YEAR.
THE
ESTIMATED CAPITAL
EXPENDITURE WILL REACH $1,300 MILLION.
THIS IS EXPECTED
TO
ARE
REACH
FURTHER INCREASE
WITH IMPLEMENTED
$2.9 BILLION
WHEN ANNUAL IN
MORE CAPITAL
"SEWERAGE WORKS IS
WHICH 1993/94
MASTERPLAN SCHEMES" EXPENDITURE PROJECTED TO ALMOST FOUR TIMES WHEN COMPARED WITH THAT FOR 1990/91.
SEWAGE DRAINS AND
SOME 94 PER CENT OF THIS EXPENDITURE IS ON SEWERAGE AND TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL, THE REMAINDER BEING ON STORMWATER FLOOD CONTROL MEASURES.
SPECIAL MAIL DELIVERY AT EASTER
ANNOUNCED TODAY ON SATURDAY
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, (TUESDAY) THAT A SPECIAL MAIL DELIVERY WOULD BE PROVIDED (APRIL 18) THE DAY FOLLOWING GOOD FRIDAY.
-
NO DELIVERY WILL BE MADE ON APRIL 17, 19 AND 20.
ALL POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.
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