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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1991

5

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ROUTE 3 (TSING YI AND KWAI CHUNG SECTORS)

107.2

*

WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION

60.2

WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY

9.0

WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING

16.8

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AIRPORT RAILWAY

20.0

CENTRAL AND WANCHAI RECLAMATION

7.5

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OTHERS NEW AIRPORT WORKS PROJECT

MANAGEMENT PHASE 1

48.0

LAND ACQUISITION

99.1

TOTAL

619.6

NOTE (1)

SIR

PIERS

THIS FIGURE INCLUDES EXPENDITURE BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY ON THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND ADVANCE WORKS CONTRACT.

SHORT PAPER TABLED

IN RESPONSE TO

IN

A

POINTED OUT THAT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON APRIL 24 WAS PREPARED QUESTION RAISED BY THE HON PANG CHUN-HOI.

"IT WAS NOT

то INTENDED

REPLACE A MORE

MAKE REPORT WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION PROMISED TO COUNCIL AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR.

DETAILED

PROGRESS

AVAILABLE ΤΟ THIS

"THAT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO MEMBERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,

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HE SAID.

MOTION TO CUT RATES CHARGES

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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PASSED

A MOTION

TO REDUCE THE OVERALL RATES CHARGE FROM 7.5 PER CENT TO 5.5 PER CENT.

MOVING THE MOTION UNDER THE RATING ORDINANCE, THE FINANCIAL THE GENERAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID THIS FOLLOWED REVALUATION EXERCISE.

COUNCIL "AS A RESULT, THE GENERAL RATES CHARGE IN THE URBAN

PER AREA AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA WILL BE 2.5 PER CENT AND 1.75

COUNCIL RATES CENT RESPECTIVELY, AND THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL

CHARGES PERCENTAGE

WILL BE THREE PER CENT AND

CENT 3.75 PER RESPECTIVELY," HE SAID.

/THE FINANCIAL