2ND LD: 210 public works projects to be scrapped, 14 kept+.TOKYO, Nov. 28 Kyodo (EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. : ADDING INFORMATION) Policy chiefs of the ruling coalition on Tuesday endorsed the discontinuation dis·con·tin·u·a·tion n. A cessation; a discontinuance. Noun 1. discontinuation - the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) discontinuance of 210 public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. projects out of 233 the coalition had recommended scrapping as a step to stopping wasteful spending, but said 14 projects should continue, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. coalition officials. The endorsement came at a meeting of policy chiefs of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP LDP - Linux Documentation Project ), the New Komeito party and the New Conservative Party. Among the projects to be scrapped is a land reclamation scheme at Lake Nakaumi in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, for which the farm ministry is responsible. Earlier in the day, an LDP panel okayed the discontinuation of 211 public works projects by the Construction Ministry, the Transport Ministry and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
But the policy chiefs of the three parties agreed to leave a decision on one project -- an expansion of Fukui airport -- pending at the insistence of Shizuka Kamei, chairman of the LDP's Policy Research Council. In August, the coalition urged the government to scrap 233 public works by three ministries based on four criteria for selecting projects for review, targeting mainly those projects either started or on the drawing board that have not progressed smoothly for a long period of time. The Construction Ministry and the farm ministry proposed stopping an additional 46 projects based on their own criteria. The policy chiefs of the ruling coalition decided Tuesday to discontinue 45 of the 46 projects. The discontinuation of the 255 projects will save 2.5 trillion yen in government spending, the officials said. |
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