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Suitable areas have been identified and feasibility studies will start shortly. Obviously we must aim to have these studies completed as soon as possible, so that formation can proceed and sales planned in consultation amongst others with the Land Commission.
I also agree with Mr. Hu Pa-kuang that
comprehensive plans should be drawn up in urban
redevelopments to provide a proper mix of users in order to achieve the most efficient use of land, especially since comprehensive redevelopment is the guiding principle in the planning and development of new towns, and forms an important part of urban renewal. For example, a
comprehensive redevelopment plan now underway in the central Kowloon public housing estates at Wong Tai Sin, Lok Fu, Wang Tau Hom and Tung Tau, is being planned to achieve a better housing mix by the introduction of home ownership housing units and Private Sector Participation Schemes. In this sort of redevelopment, we pay great attention to the adequacy of community facilities as well as taking into account transport and other infrastructure.
In the slightly longer term, the Metroplan is being prepared as a means to ensure that the replanning, redevelopment and new development in the whole metropolitan area will be undertaken comprehensively, and a better balance and a better environment are achieved. On the metroplate We will be publishing an introductory document on 20th of this month, which we hope will elicit from the public and
and other people professional bodies and people the kind of helpful
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suggestion made in this debate by Mr. Hau
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