WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1978
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PLANNING STANDARDS FOR N.T. COMMUNITY FACILITIES
UNDER REVIEW
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THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW LOOKING AT THE PLANNING STANDARDS FOR SEVERAL OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TYPES OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTRES AND INDOOR
GAMES FACILITIES.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE HON, DAVID AKERS- JONES TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT A MOVE WAS BEING MADE TO CHANGE THE PREVIOUS EQUATIONS OF SIZE OF POPULATION TO STANDARD OF PROVISION TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL AREAS.
+WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO SHOW MORE IMAGINATION IN THE USE OF GOVERNMENT SITES IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AREAS, COMBINING FOR EXAMPLE LIBRARIES, SQUASH COURTS AND PERHAPS INDOOR GAMES AREAS WITH MARKET BUILDINGS IN TAI PO AND YUEN LONG, HE SAID.
MR. AKERS-JONES WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. CHARLES YEUNG ABOUT PLANNING CRITERIA FOR THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
AS FOR CULTURAL FACILITIES, HE SAID, IT MUST BE RECOGNISED THAT THESE WOULD BE THE PRIME OBJECTS OF INTEREST AND AMBITION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS.
+THESE WILL CALL FOR A HIGH DEGREE OF INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION. GREATER FLEXIBILITY IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY, MR. AKERS-JONES ADDED.
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