PUBLIC UTILITIES CHARGES AND JURONG TOWN CORPORATION RENTALS

Mr Chuang Shaw Peng asked the Minister for Trade and Industry if he will furnish statistics on the rates of increases/decreases in respect of public utilities charges and Jurong Town Corporation rentals from 1988 to 1997.

Mr Lee Yock Suan: The statistics on the rates of increases/decreases in respect of public utilities charges and Jurong Town Corporation rentals from 1988 to 1997 are as follows:

Electricity Year Average Unit Change Price cents/kWh cents/kWh % 1988 12.2 -1.2 -9 1989 12.1 -0.1 -1 1990 12.5 0.4 3 1991 12.7 0.2 2 1992 11.5 -1.2 -9 1993 11.4 -0.1 -1 1994 11.4 0.0 0 1995 11.7 0.3 3 1996 12.3 0.6 5 1997 12.6 0.3 2 Water Year Average Unit Change Price cents/cu m cents/cu m % 1988 74.6 3.0 4 1989 75.4 0.8 1 1990 74.4 -1.0 -1 1991 72.1 -2.3 -3 1992 72.4 0.3 0 1993 77.0 4.6 6 1994 79.5 2.5 3 1995 79.0 -0.5 -1 1996 80.5 1.5 2 1997 85.0 4.5 6

Gas Year Average Unit Change Price cents/unit Cents/unit % 1988 7.6 -0.5 -6 1989 7.8 0.2 3 1990 8.4 0.6 8 1991 8.9 0.5 6 1992 9.0 0.1 1 1993 8.9 -0.1 -1 1994 9.3 0.4 4 1995 10.2 0.9 10 1996 11.0 0.8 8 1997 11.7 0.7 6 JTC Rentals Year Land Flatted Factory Standard Factory % Change 1988 -5 12 -37 1989 10 10 8 1990 25 9 19 1991 7 14 16 1992 7 15 14 1993 4 -2 0 1994 4 -2 0 1995 10 4 10 1996 20 0 13 1997 0 0 0