Spend £770,000
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Tonga Plans to Spend £770,000
DURING the annual session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly which concluded in mid-Sep tember, estimates of expenditure for the next financial year were approved at £769,366, an increase of £170,562 on the previous year.
Revenue is estimated at £610,065.
The balance between revenue and expenditure is made up by surplus funds carried over.
The increased expenditure in the coming year is due to a £lOO,OOO allocation for development projects —£30,000 for the new Tonga High School; £30,000 for the establish ment of a broadcasting service and for radio communications stations; £13,000 for the new Government Hotel; £lO,OOO for a land survey, and additional funds for the new government vessel Hifofua now building in Holland, and for work on the wharf.
The Medical Department’s ordinary expenditure is up by about £lO,OOO and Education calls for an additional £9,000 on the previous year.
Though the above funds have been appropriated it may not be possible, for a variety of reasons, for the various projects to be actually carried out in their entirety during the year, according to the official announcement.