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housing; provision of land for the expansion of local industry; the improvement of communications; and the effects of the Build- ings Ordinance, 1955, which permits higher buildings than hitherto. These subjects are dealt with more fully in other parts of this Report.
During 1958 the Planning Unit maintained close liaison with the various consultants appointed by the Government to report on various development projects, for example, the provision of new land by large reclamation schemes. It was also considering the implications of the agreement on Military Lands mentioned earlier in this Chapter and the ultimate development of the land affected by the closure in 1959 of H.M. Dockyard.
An officer from the Unit took part in the United Nations Seminar on Regional Planning in Asia and the Far East, held in Tokyo in July - August 1958.
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