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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987
EMPHASISING THE NEED FOR URBAN RENEWAL, SIR DAVID SAID THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWNS SINCE THE MID-SEVENTIES HAD TENDED ΤΟ SHOW UP THE RELATIVELY POOR ENVIRONMENT OF SOME OF THE OLDER PARTS THE URBAN AREA.
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"WE NOW NEED TO PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING THE HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS AROUND THE HARBOUR, WHERE SOME 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE AND WHICH ALSO PROVIDE MANY OF THE CENTRES OF EMPLOYMENT." H
HE SAID THE RECLAMATION NOW BEING PLANNED AT HUNG HOM, WESTERN KOWLOON, CENTRAL DISTRICT AND KENNEDY TOWN WOULD PROVIDE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN A RESTRUCTURING OF THE HARBOUR AREA SO AS TO REDUCE SOME OF THE PRESENT EXCESSIVE BUILDING DENSITY.
HE SAID A KEY ROLE IN URBAN REDEVELOPMENT WOULD THE PROPOSED LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
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HE SAID HE HOPED THE CORPORATION WOULD MAKE A REAL AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
DETERMINED EFFORT TO FIGHT POLLUTION ON ALL FRONTS
THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED CO-ORDINATED PROGRAMME TO DEAL WITH MANIFESTATIONS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR (WEDNESDAY).
TO WORK OUT A SENSIBLE AND POLLUTION IN ALL ITS VARIOUS DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY
"PANIC MEASURES ARE NOT NEEDED. BUT WE NEED TO TAKE SOMB CLEAR DECISIONS EVEN
SOME OF THEM APPEAR TO BE RELATIVELY COSTLY, HE SAID.
IF, AT FIRST SIGHT,
OUTLINING THE PROGRESS MADE IN COMBATTING POLLUTION, SIR DAVID SAID THE STAFFING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN INCREASED BY MORE THAN FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND ITS EXPENDITURE HAD GROWN FROM JUST OVER $20 MILLION IN 1985-86 TO ALMOST $83 MILLION THIS YEAR.
DURING THIS TIME, HE SAID IT HAD CONCENTRATED PARTICULARLY ON DEALING WITH WATER AND AIR POLLUTION AND WITH THE DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE.
/SIR DAVID