REVISION OF WATER RATES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IN THOMSON

Mr Ang Nam Piau asked the Minister for Law and National Development if he will ascertain from the Public Utilities Board whether the Board will take steps to revise water charges from the commercial to the domestic rate in respect of some consumers in the Thomson Constituency who are charged commercial rates but who do not use the water for poultry-rearing or other commercial purposes, where this is genuinely found to be the case.

Mr Barker: The answer is "Yes". If the premises are not used for poultry-rearing or other commercial purposes but exclusively for residential purposes, then the Public Utilities Board will charge the domestic water rate and that only.