World Expo to cost more than bidding estimate, XINHUA From: Xinhua (China) | Date: September 21, 2004 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Xinhua (China)
09-21-2004
URL: http://www.xinhua.org
SHANGHAI, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Investment in the construction of the
2010 Shanghai World Expo will total 30 billion yuan (about 3.62 billion
US dollars) -- 5 billion yuan (602 million US dollars) more than the amount
China planned during bidding.
The new cost was disclosed by Dai Liu, deputy head of the
Administration for Coordination over Shanghai World Expo Affairs, Tuesday.
He made the announcement while briefing Hong Kong industry and business
people attending a Shanghai-HK cooperation round-table meeting about World
Expo preparations.
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