SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1985
BOOKLET MAPS OUT PLANS FOR GROWTH ******
+PLANNING FOR GROWTH+
AN ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATION MAPPING OUT HONG KONG'S LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR THE 1990'S AND BEYOND -- IS ON SALE.
PUBLISHED BY THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH, IT IS BASED ON STUDIES OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS TO DETERMINE WHERE NEW LAND SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AND HOW TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE TERRITORY'S GROWING POPULATION.
THE STUDIES LOOKED BEYOND THE PRESENT DECADE AND THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF THE NEW TOWNS NOW BEING BUILT.
THE 36-PAGE BILINGUAL BOOKLET WITH MAPS, CHARTS AND COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS DESCRIBES THE CONSIDERABLE RANGE OF WAYS GOVERNMENT PLANNERS FOUND TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL POPULATION IN FUTURE. THEY SET OUT TO FIND AN EXTRA 1 000 HECTARES OF LAND FOR 900 000 MORE PEOPLE, AS WELL AS SPACE FOR AN EXTRA 200 000 JOBS.
IN THE SEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS, FIVE DETAILED SUB- REGIONAL STUDIES COVERING ALMOST THE WHOLE TERRITORY WERE CARRIED OUT. OF THE MANY ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED, TWO WERE FOUND TO BE THE BEST.
THE FIRST, KNOWN AS GROWTH PATTERN A, WOULD INVOLVE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES FOR AN ADDITIONAL 480 000 PEOPLE AND AROUND THE WESTERN HARBOUR AREA FOR 370 J
DHAN. PEOPLE. THERE WOULD ALSO BE FURTHER LIMITED GROWTH IN MA
THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE, GROWTH PATTERN B, WOULD ENTAIL MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE WESTERN HARBOUR AREA ONLY AND PROVIDE FOR ABOUT 900 000 PEOPLE.
BOTH GROWTH PATTERNS WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT AND OTHER FACILITIES NEEDED TO SUPPORT KEY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.
THE TWO ALTERNATIVES SHARE MANY COMMON FEATURES, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE WESTERN HARBOUR. IT BECAME APPARENT THAT A FLEXIBLE APPROACH WHICH INVOLVED STARTING WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON FEATURES AND DECIDING ON SUBSEQUENT STEPS PROGRESSIVELY ON THE BASIS OF UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION COULD BE ADOPTED.
THIS +COMMON COMPONENTS+ APPROACH THEREFORE PLACES INITIAL EMPHASIS ON MAJOR RECLAMATION PROJECTS AROUND THE WESTERN HARBOUR TO PROVIDE FOR ABOUT 300 000 PEOPLE AND RELATED TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
THE MAIN AREAS ARE BETWEEN WESTERN AND GREEN ISLAND, OFF WEST KOWLOON, OFF CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI AND HUNG HOM BAY.
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