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SEWAGE CHARGES

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994

FOLLOWING IS WRITTEN REPLY BY THE LANDS, MR CANICE MAK,

CHI-WOOD AND A A QUESTION BY REV THE HON FUNG

ENVIRONMENT AND ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

QUESTION :

REGARDING THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE UNDERTAKEN GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR ON THE PROPOSED CHARGES FOR SEWAGE SERVICES, THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL OF THE FOLLOWING :

REPLY:

BY THE WILL

(A)

OF THE SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC DURING

IN MANY ARE HOW CONSULTATION PERIOD,

SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED LEVEL OF SEWAGE CHARGES; CONSIDER IT TOO HIGH AND HOW MANY ARE IN CHARGES AT ALL; AND

THE

THE HOW MANY FAVOUR OF NO

(B)

MR PRESIDENT,

(A)

(B)

CONSULTATION

OF

WHAT ARE THE REASONS WHY THE FINDINGS OF THE EXERCISE HAVE NOT YET BEEN DISCLOSED AFTER THE EXPIRY THE CONSULTATION PERIOD?

LAST YEAR,

57 FROM

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PUBLIC.

APART 60% OF PAYS

POLLUTER

DURING PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON SEWAGE CHARGES THE GOVERNMENT RECEIVED 80 WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS ORGANISATIONS AND 23 FROM MEMBERS OF THE FROM 14 SUBMISSIONS WHICH WERE ENQUIRIES ONLY, THESE SUBMISSIONS GENERALLY SUPPORTED THE PRINCIPLE, THE REMAINING WERE NOT IN FAVOUR OF A CHARGE FOR SEWAGE SERVICES. ONLY NINE SUBMISSIONS FOR LOWER CHARGES.

THESE FROM APPARENT THAT THERE HAD BEEN

SEPARATE ASKED WAS

THAT

IT SUBMISSIONS, A MISUNDERSTANDING

SEWAGE CHARGES WOULD BE FIXED AT 50% OF WATER BILLS.

THE

SET

RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE WERE OUT

AND IN A PRESS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BRIEF RELEASE ISSUED ON 11 JANUARY 1994,

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