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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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