CC INF 14/93
Study of Development Trends in Guangdong Province
Background
Under the current review of the Territorial Development
Strategy (TDS), two broad scenarios have been postulated.
Scenario A assumes that the Pearl River Delta (PRD) will be the
primary economic hinterland of Hong Kong. Scenario B assumes that, in addition to the PRD, the economic hinterland of the
territory will cover the inner provinces. of China. These two
scenarios are not mutually exclusive but for the purposes of the
TDS Review are initially being considered individually in terms
of their likely impact on the scale, location and timing of
various major land uses and infrastructure services within the
territory.
2.
Over the next decade, the most significant impacts on the planning and development of Hong Kong will arise from the
various socio-economic pressures created by growth in the PRD and
other parts of Guangdong Province under the stimulus of China's
"Open Door Policy". This raises fundamental questions as to the complementary provision of key infrastructure facilities and other activities on both sides of the border to help ensure that
the various components of the wider region as a whole can achieve
mutually compatible strategic planning goals.
3.
Hitherto, it has been extremely difficult to predict
how Hong Kong should react to the changes occurring in Guangdong Province, in particular the PRD, principally because of the lack of comprehensive information on the nature, scale and likely implications of such changes. consultancy study was launched.
To help fill this gap a