TUESD
MAY 7, 1985
7
LAND, BUILDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE BEING SET UP
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A NEW COMMITTEE KNOWN AS THE LAND AND BUILDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LBAC) WILL BE SET UP ON JUNE 1, TO REPLACE THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LAND SUPPLY (SCLS) AND THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (BDAC).
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE FORMATION OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THE SCLS HAD FULFILLED THE MAIN PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY FORMED AND THERE WAS A NEED TO RATIONALISE THE EXISTING NETWORK OF COMMITTEES AND SUB-COMMITTEES DEALING WITH LANDS AND WORKS MATTERS. HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD CAREFULLY REVIEWED THE ROLE OF SCLS AND BDAC AND HAD CONCLUDED THAT LBAC SHOULD BE FORMED TO ENABLE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF UNOFFICIAL ADVICE ON LAND AND BUILDING RELATED MATTERS.
THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF LBAC ARE:
(A) TO KEEP UNDER REVIEW THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE SECTORS FOR LAND AND THE PLANNED PROVISIONS, TAKE UP AND UTILISATION OF LAND,
TO CONSIDER THE ADEQUACY OF LAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN THE LIGHT OF (A);
(B)
(c)
TO MONITOR AND ASSESS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
(D)
IN RELATION TO PLANNING, LAND, BUILDINGS AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;
TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON ANY OF THE MATTERS REFERRED TO IN (A), (B) AND (C).
LBAC WILL INITIALLY HAVE THE FOLLOWING THREE SUB-COMMITTEES:
(A) REAL ESTATE SUB-COMMITTEE (RESC),
(B) LAND SUPPLY SUB-COMMITTEE (LSSC); AND
(C)
LEGISLATION SUB-COMMITTEE (LSC)
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MR W.C.L. BROWN, WHO HAD BEEN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LAND SUPPLY SINCE 1983, AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW COMMITTEE. OTHER UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE ARE:
MR STANLEY HO OF THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION
MR EDWARD HO OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
MR FRANCIS LAU OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS
MR D.A. MORRIS OF THE BUILDING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION LTD.
*R EL. CHENG