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5.
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On 31 July 1992, LDPC agreed that the study should be carried out in two stages the first stage involving mainly data
collection and analysis (objectives (a) and (b)) and the second
stage involving building growth scenarios and assessing their
implications for Hong Hong (objective (c)). It also agreed that
a report on Stage I work should be submitted to the Committee for
consideration before proceeding to the second stage. It was
considered that the second stage might involve contacts with
Chinese agencies and it would be necessary to consider the kind
of information required from the Chinese before approaching them.
Stage 1 Report
6.
Work on the Stage 1 studies covering (a) and (b) of
para. 4 has now been completed. For task (a) two topographical
plans have been produced. The first is at a scale of 1 : 1 million covering the whole of Guangdong Province. The second,
produced from satellite imagery at a scale of 1: 150,000, covers
the PRD and also shows the historical patterns of development since 1986. For task (b), a report comprising six volumes has
been produced covering provincial, county, municipal and special economic zone jurisdictions. An analysis of the
the principal Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Constraints (SWOT) for continued development in Guangdong is presented in Volume 1, a
copy of which is circulated with this report. Volumes II to VI contain eleven Appendices, within which the main topics relate
to Policy Parameters, Socio-economic Analyses, Economic Audit of
the Agricultural, Industrial and Service Sectors, Infrastructure,
Environmental Conditions, Urban Development, Laws & Regulations
and Principal Geographic Features. Copies of the Appendices are available on request.
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