Residences budget to double in 1999: budget doubles from $1m to $2.1m for 1998 and to rise again

Spending on the six official residences has doubled over the past year and the budgets to renovate and maintain the homes of the country's political leaders will continue to rise for another year, according to National Capital Commission long-range figures.

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