Revitalisation blueprint ‘seriously ongoing’, says John

Works and In­fra­struc­ture Min­is­ter Jear­lean John says the Gov­ern­ment’s Re­vi­tal­i­sa­tion Blue­print, an­nounced last year af­ter the Bud­get, is “se­ri­ous­ly on­go­ing.”

The ex­pan­sive de­vel­op­ment pro­gramme was un­veiled in No­vem­ber, a month af­ter the Bud­get was pre­sent­ed. At the time, the Gov­ern­ment in­di­cat­ed that work on some projects could be­gin by Au­gust this year.

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Asked about the plans in Au­gust, John said they were “still in pro­cure­ment stage.” She added that progress was be­ing made and de­scribed the process as hav­ing achieved sig­nif­i­cant mile­stones.