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Brits Cough up £50 each to finish Greek Glass Roof
whole artical is here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/mai...0/19/wgrk19.xml
summery:
Greece is losing race to prepare for 2004 Games
By June Field in Athens and Andrew Alderson
(Filed: 19/10/2003)
"It is meant to be the glittering showcase for the world's greatest athletes. Instead, with time rapidly running out before the next Olympic Games, the new main stadium in Athens last week was the most chaotic building site in Greece with rubble, bricks and plastic pipes strewn in every direction.
One of the biggest problems is with the main stadium's giant domed roof, which if all goes to plan, will be built with 25,000 square metres of glass.
Financial problems are at the heart of the difficulties. The Greek government's budget for venues and infrastructure was originally €4.6 billion (£3.2 billlion) with a further €1.9 billion (£1.3 billion) allocated to Athoc. This summer the money ran out, forcing the government to take out a €1.5 billion (£1.07 billion) loan from the European investment bank."
Some clever dick on the news worked that out, to £50 per working tax payer. so when u go to work tomorrow, nice to know u havent worked for nothing.
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