PERIOD
4
TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1993
QUANTITY IN MILLION CUBIC METRES
PRICE PER CUBIC METRE
1994 (MARCH
-
DECEMBER)
1995 (JANUARY-DECEMBER) 1996 (JANUARY-DECEMBER)
534
690
720
HK$1.940
HK$2.160
HK$2.405
INCREASE THE AGREED UNIT PRICES REPRESENT AN AVERAGE ANNUAL
THE INCREASE IS SLIGHTLY OF 10.72 PER CENT FOR THE PERIOD 1994/96.
RISE IN UNIT 11 PER CENT
PRICES LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS ANNUAL AGREED IN THE CURRENT PRICE AGREEMENT FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 1, TO FEBRUARY 28, 1994.
1991
COST OF HELD DOWN ΤΟ
OF COST
WATER TO
THE NEW BASE PRICES REFLECT THE ANTICIPATED RISING LABOUR AND MATERIALS. AT THE SAME TIME, IT HAS BEEN
ULTIMATE ON THE IMPACT ADVERSE COST MINIMISE CONSUMERS IN HONG KONG.
THE RISE IN THE COST OF PURCHASING WATER FROM CHINA IS ONE OF THE FACTORS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE ANNUAL EXERCISE WATER CHARGES DETERMINE WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE AN INCREASE IN CONSUMERS AND IF SO AT WHAT RATE SHOULD THE INCREASE BE.
ONLY
TO
ΤΟ
FOR EXAMPLE, THE DOMESTIC WATER CHARGE WAS INCREASED BY PER CENT FOR THE YEAR 1993/94 WHICH IS LESS THAN THE GENERAL RATE INFLATION.
8.7. OF
FORMAL
THE
SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, IN WELCOMING THE ACCEPTANCE BY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR ITS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARISING FROM THE MEETINGS, NOTED THAT THE EARLY COMPLETION BY GUANGDONG BUREAU OF EXPANSION WORKS FOR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES WAS GREAT BENEFIT IN SECURING ADEQUATE RAW WATER SUPPLY TO HONG KONG.
OF
DEMANDS UPON
THIS HAD BEEN ACHIEVED DESPITE THE INCREASING CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES IN THE PROVINCE, AND WELL WITHIN THE TIME FRAME AGREED FOR THE WORKS BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES TO THE 1989 AGREEMENT.
OF THE FOLLOWING WATER
DIRECTOR GUAN ZONGZHI OF THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL BUREAU
AND CONSERVANCY WATER
HYDRO-POWER SAID QUALITY PROTECTION MEASURES WERE BEING IMPLEMENTED:
(1)
(II)
AND ENVIRONMENTAL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
THE LAWS AND DEPARTMENT, SERIOUS ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION
ENACTED BY THE REGULATIONS ON PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY
AND GUANGDONG PEOPLE'S CONGRESS AND THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT STEPPING UP OF THE PROPAGANDA AND EDUCATION AND THE FUNCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, TO PROTECT THE WATER QUALITY;
FOR
POLLUTES BE RESPONSIBLE IN IMPLEMENTING THE POLICY OF "HE WHO FOR UNDOING IT", THE GUANGDONG PEOPLE'S CONGRESS HAD LEGISLATED то ALLOCATE A SPECIAL SUM OF MONEY FROM THE REVENUE COLLECTED FROM THE SUPPLY OF EAST RIVER WATER TO SUBSIDIZE THE WORKS
THE WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL CONJUNCTION POLLUTION
GUANGDONG PEOPLE'S PROTECTION
IN ADDITION, THE
THE CONGRESS WAS ALSO PREPARED TO LEGISLATE FOR STRENGTHENING CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WATER CATCHMENT AREA EFFECTIVELY PROTECT THE WATER QUALITY;
IN TREATMENT
DEPARTMENT.
TO MORE
/(III) ENHANCEMENT OF