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strategies which ma y
rep la ce ment
relocate
well
involve
the development of a
airport for Kai Tak. If a decision is made to
the airport, this would
half-a-million residents in Kowloon
daily to excessive aircraft noise.
greatly relieve the
who are now exposed
6.16
The
Metrop lan.
second ma jor urban
Whereas ou r New
completed by the mid 1990's
planning stu dy
Town Programme
is
should be
we
attention
to
Metropolitan
its crowded
now need to pay more
the upgrading and redevelopment of the
Area around the harbour in order to improve
environment and make it a better place for the
ma jority of our population to live and work. Some of these
heavily congested, with
areas
are
conditions
and
a la ck
recla ma tions
dilapidated
a menities.
living
The
of essential
now being planned at Hung Hom, Western
Kowloon, and Central and Western District will provide a
real opportunity to plan a restructuring of the harbour
re du ce
area
SO
as to
density.
The
so me of the excessive building
Metrop lan will provide a strategic policy
basis for improving the urban environment.
6.17
mo mentum.
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Planning for the rural areas will also gather
To counter the rural problems in paragraph 6.4
a study entitled the Rural Planning and Improvement
Strategy was recently completed. Its aims are to improve
the quality of life for the 330,000 rural population,
through a
program me
basic facilities, expanded
infrastructure and amenities, and to address problems such
as flooding, pollution and
unp lanned development. This
of
study is also the subject of separate consultation.
In the rural areas and the urban fringes there is
6.18
als o a
need
to improve the planning and coordination of