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AROUND VICTORIA HARBOUR. AN INITIAL CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT WAS COMPLETED AND RELEASED IN MAY 1988. FURTHER CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENTS WILL BE PRODUCED OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS:
(C) PLANNING AND ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY STUDIES WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON THE PROPOSED RECLAMATIONS AT CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI, GREEN ISLAND AND WEST KOWLOON. THESE WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE REPLANNING OF THE OLD URBAN AREAS AS PART OF THE METROPLAN. THE STUDIES WILL BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1989:
(D) THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY WILL RECOMMEND AN INFRASTRUCTURAL NETWORK TO COPE WITH TRAVEL DEMANDS UPTO 2001 AND
DEVISE POLICIES TO MAKE THE MOST ECONOMIC USE OF THE NETWORK. A GREEN PAPER BASED ON THE STUDY RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED BY THE END OF 1988:
(E) THE 1939 TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE IS BEING REVIEWED TO BRING IT
INTO LINE WITH MODERN REQUIREMENTS FOR URBAN AND RURAL PLANNING. PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE ARE EXPECTED TO BE DRAWN UP BY LATE 1988.
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