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VEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1974.
REPROVISIONING OF LAANS FOR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX
THE LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR A SITE FOR THE TEMPORARY REPROVISIONING OF THE FISH LAANS+ IN SHAM SHUI PO TO MAKE WAY FOR A MULTI-PURPOSE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. JAMES ROBSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THAT PROBLEMS OF CLEARING THE SITE STILL REMAINED TO BE SOLVED BEFORE THE WORK COULD PROCEED.
SPEAKING IN REPLY TO THE HON. H.M.G. FORSGATE, WHO EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE DELAY OF THE PROJECT, MR. ROBSON SAID THESE LAANS, OR THE WHOLESALE FRESH WATER FISH MARKET, WERE PRESENTLY OCCUPYING THE SITE OF THE NEW BUILDING.
BUT THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY BE RESITED IN THE NEW CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE MARKET WHEN IT IS COMPLETED BY ABOUT 1978 AND, IN THE MEANTIME, A TEMPORARY SITE IS BEING FOUND FOR THEM.
HE POINTED OUT THAT WHILE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDINGS WOULD PROVIDE CONSIDERABLE BENEFITS OF CONVENIENCE AND ECONOMY, THEIR PLANNING WAS MOST COMPLICATED, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES ON RECONCILING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DIFFERENT USERS.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, HE EXPLAINED THAT PROGRESS HAD BEEN THWARTED ALSO BY CONSTANT CHANGES IN USER REQUIREMENTS WHICH HAD MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR PLANNING TO PROCEED BEYOND THE DRAWING BOARD STAGE.
+THE SCHEDULE OF ACCOMMODATION IS STILL NOT FINALISED, AND DEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITIES PREPARED FOR THE BUILDING REVIEW COMMITTEE BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE ARE TENTATIVE.
+CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO PHASING CONSTRUCTION SO THAT THE MARKET COULD BE BUILT IN ADVANCE OF THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING IF NECESSARY. THE PROJECT DOES NOT INCLUDE A CAR PARK, + MR. ROBSON SAID.
MEASURES TO PROTECT RURAL ENVIRONMENT
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A CONTRACT HAS RECENTLY BEEN LET BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DEAL WITH MATTERS SUCH AS ILLEGAL DUMPING, THE FENCING OFF OF LARGE VACANT SITES PENDING DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER MEASURES TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE HON. IAN MACPHERSON, WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. OSWALD CHEUNG.
MR. MACPHERSON TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT PRESENT FOR TIDYING UP AND FENCING OFF THE MANY TRACTS OF CROWN LAND IN THE RURAL AREAS WHICH, MR. CHEUNG SAID, WERE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ENCROACHMENT AND OF WHICH MANY WERE IN A - DISGRACEFUL STATE.-
HOWEVER, MR. MACPHERSON POINTED OUT THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE USE OF THE FUNDS ALREADY VOTED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
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