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+SUCH PLANNING CAN ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION, INASHMUCH AS PEOPLE WOULD STILL LIKE TO LIVE NEAR THEIR WORK TO AVOID
INADEQUATE AND DIFFICULT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS,+ HE SAID.
MR. WU CONTINUED THAT ANOTHER SERIOUS INHIBITION TO PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WAS THE +UIREASONABLE REQUIREMENT+ OF CAR PARKS.
IN THE LOTS OF ZONE II (SUBURBAN AREA) CROUN LAND PUT OUT FOR AUCTION WITHIN THE PAST EIGHT KONTHS, TIE UNS A FROVISION IN THE CONDITIONS OF SALE TO PROVIDE CAR PARKING AT THE RATE OF 1.5 CAR-PARK PER FLAT.
BUT HE SAID IT WOULD BE TOO COSTLY TO PROVIDE CAR PARKS AT THIS RATIO, ESPECIALLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLER FLATS.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD VERY COLDLY LAUNCHED A 10-YEAR HOUSING PROGRAMME TO ALLEVIATE HONG KONG'S HOUSING PRODLE/1.
+UHY NOT LET THE PRIVATE SECTOR HELP AND IN THE PROCESS GENERATE MORE REVENUE IN LAND SALES, RATES, ETC., AS THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS RESOURCES FINANCIALLY AND ABILITY VICE, AND AT A TIME WHEN A LOT OF THEIR FACILITIES AND MANPOWER ARE LYING IDLE?
+YET OUR PRIVATE HOUSING INDUSTRY CANNOT DE CONTRIBUTING UNLESS THE INDUSTRY HAS LAND TO BUILD ON, AND BE PERMITTED TO BUILD ON.
+UE WOULD THEREFORE BE GREATLY MISTAKEN TO BRUSH ASIDE THE APPEALS OF THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS AS BEING ONLY OF SELF INTEREST,+ MR. WU ABDED.
THE HON. LO TAK-SHING ALSO SPOKE ON THE BILL, AND SAID THAT MOST OF WHAT HAD BEEN SAID AGAINST IT +IS PERFECTLY VALID AS AGAINST THE MAIN ORDINANSE RATHER THAN THIS ACTUAL BILL.+
HE ADDED: +HOWEVER, THE FACT REMAINS THAT WHATEVER MAY BE WRONG WITH OUR TOUN PLANNING POLICY TODAY, IT WOULD CLEARLY BE WRONG TO ELIMINATE THEN SUMARILY.+
KR. LO SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS WORKING ON A NEW TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE AND HE EXPECTED IT TO BE SUCHITTED WITHIN 12 TO EIGHTEEN KONTHS.
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