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WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1990

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WATER,

ADDITIONS

SIR PIERS SAID HE BELIEVED THAT AS A CONSUMER USED MORE THUS REQUIRING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRESSIVELY MORE COSTLY TO THE SUPPLY SYSTEM, THE INCREASED COST OF THAT PASSED BACK TO HIM.

WATER SHOULD BE

WATER WILL "OTHERWISE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAREFUL IN THEIR USE OF HAVE TO SUBSIDISE THE EXCESSES OF OTHERS. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE PROVIDED A FREE ALLOWANCE EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT SEVEN GALLONS A PERSON A DAY,

CONSUMER

"IT WOULD NOT BE REASONABLE TO EXPECT AN INDIVIDUAL TO USE LESS THAN THIS AMOUNT FOR BASIC COOKING AND CLEANING; OR FOR THE * HE EXPLAINED. TO EXPECT TO BE ALLOWED MORE WITHOUT CHARGE,

WAS

FREE ALLOWANCE STRUCTURED TO ENCOURAGE

DOMESTIC

IN EXCESS OF THIS CONSUMPTION SUBJECT TO A DIFFERENTIAL PRICING SYSTEM CONSERVATION, HE ADDED.

THE COMMUNITY SIR PIERS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF

FROM MAJOR GOVERNMENT BENEFITTED, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,

SUPPLY INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE AIRPORT, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS, WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

"IN

IT

WHERE

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PARTICULARLY, I BELIEVE THAT IS OFTEN THE LESS WELL-OFF, THOSE WHO HAVE THE LEAST CHOICE OF THEY LIVE AND OF THE ENVIRONMENT THEY WORK IN, WHO STAND TO BENEFIT THE MOST, HE SAID.

"

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STEPS TO STREAMLINE APPROPRIATION BILL PROCEDURES

BE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID IN

TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT STEPS WILL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL STREAMLINE THE PROCEDURES FOR THE APPROPRIATION BILL.

THE

TAKEN

ΤΟ

WAS SOME

CHANGES

THIS CRITICISM THERE THAT NOTING PROCEDURES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING THE BUDGET,

NO MAJOR THERE WERE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAID WHILE PROCEDURE FROM THAT ADOPTED IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THERE SEEMED TO SENSE OF FRUSTRATION AND DISSATISFACTION THIS YEAR.

BE A

YEAR OF

THE

THE

IN

SHARED IS THE FEELING THAT SAY то HAVE "I

THE PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED,

BY THE

Fr

HE SAID.

ADMINISTRATION.

TO

SIR PIERS POINTED OUT THAT THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM APPEARED

TWO AND A BE THE TIMETABLE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESSING OF THE BILL, WHICH HAD HALF RELAXED OVER BEEN

THE YEARS AND NOW SPANNED SOME

MONTHS.

"THIS

THE IMPACT OF THE BUDGET IS LOST NO GOOD. IS DEBATE IS LESS FOCUSSED," HE REMARKED.

AND THE

/SIR PIERS