tunnel will bypass 4 miles of winding hilly roads on the existing link with Kowloon. The proposed new Chinese University will be built in rural surroundings at the top end of the Sha Tin Valley.
4.32. The Board concluded the hearing of objections in respect of the Tsuen Wan District Outline Development Plan which was published in September 1961. This plan for Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung including Tsing Yi Island, aims at the production of an industrial town which should be nearly self-sufficient through a balance of industrial employment with residential occupation. It was at first considered that the eventual population would be about 640,000, but re-examination of the principles on which the plan was based, in the light of statistical information and current economic circumstances, led to a reassessment of the size of the town, and the eventual population may be as high as one million persons.
Departmental Plans
4.33. Departmental plans including detailed layouts continued to be produced for both the urban areas and the New Territories. Ever-increasing areas are now covered by plans which frequently have to be revised to meet the changing character of neighbourhoods and to embody new ways of solving planning problems of the particular kind encountered in Hong Kong. The main problem is the great intensity of building development and re-development that has taken place and continues unabated.
Research and Statistics
4.34. The problem referred to above was thrown into prominence by the 1961 Census which, for the first time since 1931, provided a reliable basis on which to plan. The full report was not available by the end of the year but preliminary results obtained were used in calculating the future population at 5, 10 and 15 years intervals for all the planning districts in the urban area.
4.35. Land use and constructional surveys continued to produce increasingly reliable evidence of such matters as the rate of industrial employment in different factory districts, the occupancy rate of various types of domestic accommodation, etc. A special survey of Yau Ma Tei and Wan Chai was carried out, which confirmed that these overcrowded districts, already deficient in community and utility services, continued to be redeveloped to an even greater intensity. The same applied to other districts where nearly all the land was privately-owned and held
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tunnel will bypass 4 miles of winding hilly roads on the existing link with Kowloon. The proposed new Chinese University will be built in rural surroundings at the top end of the Sha Tin Valley.
4.32. The Board concluded the hearing of objections in respect of the Tsuen Wan District Outline Development Plan which was published in September 1961. This plan for Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung including Tsing Yi Island, aims at the production of an industrial town which should be nearly self-sufficient through a balance of industrial employment with residential occupation. It was at first considered that the eventual population would be about 640,000, but re-examination of the principles on which the plan was based, in the light of statistical information and current economic circumstances, led to a reassessment of the size of the town, and the eventual population may be as high as one million persons.
Departmental Plans
4.33. Departmental plans including detailed layouts continued to be produced for both the urban areas and the New Territories. Ever-increasing areas are now covered by plans which frequently have to be revised to meet the changing character of neighbourhoods and to embody new ways of solving planning problems of the particular kind encountered in Hong Kong. The main problem is the great intensity of building development and re-development that has taken place and continues unabated.
Research and Statistics
4.34. The problem referred to above was thrown into prominence by the 1961 Census which, for the first time since 1931, provided a reliable basis on which to plan. The full report was not available by the end of the year but preliminary results obtained were used in calculating the future population at 5, 10 and 15 years intervals for all the planning districts in the urban area.
4.35. Land use and constructional surveys continued to produce increasingly reliable evidence of such matters as the rate of industrial employment in different factory districts, the occupancy rate of various types of domestic accommodation, etc. A special survey of Yau Ma Tei and Wan Chai was carried out, which confirmed that these overcrowded districts, already deficient in community and utility services, continued to be redeveloped to an even greater intensity. The same applied to other districts where nearly all the land was privately-owned and held
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