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+ IT PROVIDED GUIDELINES AND CONSTRAINTS ON DREDGING AND LAND FORMATION NECESSARY TO MINIMISE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS AND CHANGES ARISING FROM THE OPERATIONS, HE ADDED.
MR WILSON POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF OYSTER BEDS NEAR MONG TSANG MIGHT HAVE TO BE CLEARED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE DREDGING OF A NEW CHANNEL, MOST OYSTER BEDS IN DEEP BAY WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED BORROW AREA.
+INNER DEEP BAY, WHICH IS INTENSELY CULTIVATED FOR OYSTERS, HAS BEEN DELIBERATELY EXCLUDED FROM THE PROPOSED MARINE BORROW AREA, HE SAID.
MR WILSON SAID THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S CRUISE IN DEEP BAY WAS TO BRING A NEW PERSPECTIVE, AS FAR AS CONSULTATION WAS CONCERNED, TO RURAL LEADERS SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROPOSED MARINE BORROW AREA OVER WHICH THE OYSTER FARMING COMMUNITY HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN RECENTLY.
+ BY BRIEFING THEM ON THE SPOT WE WERE ABLE TO BETTER ILLUSTRATE AND EXPLAIN DETAILS OF THE PROJECTS TO THE RURAL LEADERS.
+WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO POINT OUT TO THEM THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS THAT THE PROJECTS WOULD BRING TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE,+ HE SAID.
THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD ENDORSED THE PROPOSED DEEP BAY MARINE BORROW AREA PROJECT IN JUNE LAST YEAR, AND RECENTLY HELD A SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE.
IN THE PAST YEAR, CONSULTATIVE MEETINGS WERE HELD BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND VARIOUS PARTIES CONCERNED SUCH AS THE RURAL COMMITTEES OF HA TSUEN AND PING SHAN, AND OYSTER FARMERS.
ALSO ATTENDING TODAY'S MEETING ABOARD THE CLEMENTI WERE THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER, MR J.S. CORRIGAL, AND THE SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MR D.N. MUDD.
TAI PO OUTLINE ZONING PLAN AMENDED
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THE TAI PO OUTLINE ZONING PLAN HAS BEEN AMENDED TO ALLOW MORE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (FRIDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD SAID THE AMENDMENTS WOULD FACILITATE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
/THE PLANNED