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MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1981
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KEEPING LAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
AND PROVISION OF MAJOR TRANSPORT LINKS IN A REASONABLE BALANCE.
IMPROVING CO-ORDINATION OF PLANNING
AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE MAIN URBAN AREAS.
OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO THE COMMITTEE IS THE WIDE EXTENT TO WHICH FORMED SITES IN KEY DEVELOPMENT AREAS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE OCCUPIED BY TEMPORARY USES. WHILE THE COMMITTEE RECOGNISES THAT IT IS PRUDENT TO ALLOW FOR THE PLANNED TEMPORARY USE OF LAND IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, IT NOTES THAT:
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IN STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT AREAS SUCH AS KOWLOON BAY, CHAI WAN AND WAN CHAI RECLAMATIONS, TEMPORARY USES HAVE FOR YEARS STOOD IN THE WAY OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
OF 350 HECTARES OF FORMED SITES OCCUPIED BY TEMPORARY USES IN 1980, 84 PER CENT COMPRISED SITES ZONED FOR OPEN SPACES AND COMMUNITY USES.
THE COMMITTEE PROPOSES TO CARRY OUT A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT REVIEW OF TEMPORARY LAND USES WITH A VIEW TO RELEASING LAND FOR PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
THE COMMITTEE HAS NOT, AT PRESENT, REACHED ANY CONCLUSIONS ON
THE SUPPLY OF LAND FOR COMMERCIAL OFFICES.
A GOVERNMENT NOTICE ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 1, 1981 TO MAY 31, 1982 APPEARED IN THE GAZETTE OF JUNE 19, 1981.
MR W.M. SULKE, MR GEOFFREY M.T. YEH, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT HAVE JOINED THE COMMITTEE.
THE HON LI FOOK-WO, AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS HAVE RETIRED FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THE TITLE OF THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LAND SUPPLY, AS IT IS CONCERNED NOT ONLY WITH PRODUCTION OF NEW LAND. BUT ALSO WITH PROGRAMMES FOR THE DISPOSAL OF LAND AND WITH MAKING OPTIMAL USE OF EXISTING LAND RESOURCES.
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