THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1987
TSING YI DEVELOPMENT PLAN SENSIBLE'
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THE GOVERNMENT'S FUTURE PLAN FOR TSING YI ISLAND IS THAT RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ISLAND WHILE INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER USERS ON THE WEST AND THE SOUTH, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE END OF HIS THIRD DISTRICT VISIT, TO KWAI TSING, SIR DAVID SAID THE PLAN SEEMED TO BE A VERY SENSIBLE ONE.
*IN THAT WAY, YOU MAKE USE OF THE DEEP WATER ROUND THE WEST AND SOUTH OF TSING YI ISLAND, AND YOU ALSO HAVE A RIDGE OF HILLS BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, HE SAID,
THE SHORT-TERM PLAN, HE ADDED, WAS TO KEEP VERY CAREFUL WATCH ON ANY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INSTALLATION THERE. +AND THAT'S BEING DONE, HE NOTED.
ASKED IF THE CHINA RESOURCES INSTALLATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST WOULD BE REMOVED TO THE SOUTH, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS A POSSIBILITY,
+1 UNDERSTAND THERE HAS BEEN SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION WITH CHINA RESOURCES, AND THERE IS A LONG TERM POSSIBILITY OF MOVING THE INSTALLATION, BUT THERE ARE NO PRECISE PLANS YET TO DO IT. IT REQUIRES A LOT OF NEGOTIATION TO MOVE A SITE OF THAT SORT, HE SAID.
ELABORATING ON HIS VISIT TO THE DISTRICT - FIRST TO TSING YI ISLAND AND THEN TO SHEK LEI ESTATE - SIR DAVID SAID HE FOUND TWO ASPECTS OF THE VISIT +PARTICULARLY INTERESTING+.
ONE WAS THE CONTRAST BETWEEN OLD BUILDING ESTATES AND NEW ONES.
+I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE OLD BUILDINGS NEAR HERE WHICH ARE GOING TO BE RE-DEVELOPED. BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN SOME OF THE NEW BUILDINGS ON TSING YI ISLAND, LIKE TSING YI GARDENS FOR INSTANCE, WHERE THE STANDARD IS ENORMOUSLY IMPROVED ON THE EARLIER ESTATES,+ HE SAID.
*AND WHAT ONE IS SEEING IS STEADY DEVELOPMENT TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME, WHICH IS VERY ENCOURAGING, HE ADDED.
ASKED ABOUT PROGRESS ON ACTION TAKEN AGAINST CONTRACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUB-STANDARD BLOCKS, SIR DAVID SAID A LOT OF RESEARCH WAS BEING DONE INTO THAT AT THE MOMENT ON THE LEGAL SIDE.
HE ADDED THAT HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK DONE BY A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE IN THE ESTATE TO BRING DOWN THE CRIME RATE WITH AN ALARM SYSTEM AND TO IMPROVE THE CO-OPERATION AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE ESTATE.
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