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Botanic garden needs cash injection 
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Thursday, February 07 2008 11:35:09 by Steve Thompson
Steve Thompson writes: The National Botanic Garden of Wales has requested a cash-injection of £1.7 million to deal with its mounting debts, reports have revealed.
The Carmarthenshire Garden, which was opened in 2000, has already benefited from significant outside help, receiving almost £2.5 million since its opening to keep it afloat.
Assembly Member Paul Davies, revealed his concerns that the garden, which is also asking for a £500,000 per year grant to keep it running, was becoming increasing expensive.
He told the BBC: "Ministers have set a precedent by writing off the Wales Millennium Centre's debt. If they are to remain consistent I cannot see how they can possibly reject this appeal from the botanic garden.
"The garden is an important cultural and scientific asset of which we are all rightly proud and must support."
Mr Davies added: "However, with public spending under pressure from competing demands we cannot continue to bail out projects such as this every few years."
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