| Plan,
                  budget set for 03/04Christchurch
                  City Council has finalised an Annual Plan and budget for 2003/04.
                  It carries a lower-than-predicted over all rates increase of
                  2.81 per cent.
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                  | Deputy Mayor will be missedHands
                  up who knew that Christchurch’s Deputy Mayor Lesley Keast has
                  been licensed to drive a forklift since 1965?
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                  |  Call
                  for comment on Square workPublic
                    comment is sought on a proposed plan for the north-west corner
                  of the Square, between Worcester Street and Colombo Street.
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                  |  Further
                    investigation of Beatty StreetFollowing
                    on from the consultation undertaken with Jellicoe Street
                    residents, the Council has decided to look more closely into
                    Beatty Street as a possible route for the pipeline between
                    the wastewater treatment plant and the ocean.
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                  | Library
                            readys for openingMayor
                  Garry Moore will officially open the new South Christchurch
                  Library and Service Centre, on the corner of Hunter Terrace
                  and Colombo Street, at 10am on Saturday, 23 August.
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