WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994
MOST OF THE FEES INVOLVED IN THE REVISION WERE LAST INCREASED
IN 1993.
HE EXPLAINED THAT A RECENT REV FEW HAD SHOWN THAT AFTER LAGGING BEHIND IN THE 1980'S SOMEWHAT, THERE IS STILL UNDER-RECOVERY, RANGING BETWEEN EIGHT PER CENT AND 59 PER CENT.
IN THE PREVIOUS FEE REVISION EXERCISES IN 1 1991 AND 1993, IT WAS AGREED THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD TRY TO ACHIEVE FULL COST RECOVERY IN THE PERIOD 1992 TO 1994." HE SAID.
THIS TIME, THE
THE SPOKESMAN SAID IN PROPOSING THE INCREASES GOVERNMENT HAD CAREFULLY CONSIDERED THE DEFICIT POSITION OF THE SERVICES AND THE IMPACT THAT VARIOUS FRE REVISIONS MEGIFT HAVF ON THE PUBLIC.
"THE INCREASES IN DOLLAR TERMS ARE MOSTLY SMALL, BELOW $100. SERVICES WHICH IN MANY CASES WILL ONLY BE USED ONCE IN A LIFETIME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"EVEN AFTER THE PROPOSED REVISIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED, SOME OF THE SERVICES, SUCH AS REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGE, WILL STILL BE OPERATING AT SOMETHING OF A DEFICIT, BUT WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE FULL-COST RECOVERY IN MOST RESPECTS BY NEXT YEAR," HE SAID.
GUANGDONG AND HK OFFICIALS DISCUSS WATER SUPPLY
AT THE INVITATION OF MR JAMES BLAKE, SECRETARY FOR WORKS, A DELEGATION FROM THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL BUREAU OF WATER CONSERVANCY AND HYDRO-POWER, LED BY DIRECTOR GUAN ZONGZHT, VISITED HONG KONG FROM MAY 30 TO JUNE 1, 1994 FOR THE FIFTH BUSINESS MEETING TO DISCUSS WATER SUPPLY TO HONG KONG UNDER THE DONGJIANG-SHENZHEN WATER SUPPLY WORKS.
ITEMS DISCUSSED INCLUDED A REVIEW OF WATER SUPPLY IN THE 1993/94 WATER YEAR, THE PLAN FOR WATER SUPPLY IN THE 1994 WATER YEAR, PROGRESS OF WORKS OF BOTH SIDES, QUALITY OF THE WATER SUPPLY AND OTHER MATTERS OF MUTUAL CONCERN.
UPON THE PROPOSITION OF MR BLAKE BOTH SIDES AGREED ΤΟ WRITE UP A REPORT ON THE EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE GAINED IN THE CNSTRUCTION OF THE DONG-SHEN SCHEME AND THAT OF THF CORRESPONDING WORKS IN HONG KONG.
MR M S HU, DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, NOTED THAT THE CURRENT STORAGE POSITION IN HONG KONG WAS SATISFACTORY AND IN THE ABSENCE
OF DRASTIC UNFORESEEABLE SITUATIONS, NO AD HOC TNCREASE IN CHINA WATER WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THE 1994 WATER YEAR.
DIRECTOR GUAN CONFIRMED THAT THE DONG-SHEN STAGE LIE EXTENSION WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR,
/DIRECTOR HU