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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1987
THE BREAKING OUT OF FABRICS OF SPUN MAN-MADE FIBRES INTO SEPARATE CATEGORIES ACCORDING ΤΟ THE METHOD OF WEAVING FABRICS OF CONTINUOUS MAN-MADE FIBRES WILL REMAIN IN THE '6' SERIES WHILE FABRICS NOT OF CONTINUOUS MAN-MADE FIBRES 1.E. SPUN OR STAPLE FIBRES WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE '2' SERIES; AND
THE DIFFERENTIATION OF WOVEN WOOL FABRICS BY WOOL CONTENT RATHER THAN BY TYPE OF FABRIC.
UNDER THE NEW CATEGORY SYSTEM, METRIC UNITS WILL BE ADOPTED IN PLACE OF THE IMPERIAL UNITS. FOLLOWING THE METRICATION OF CONTROL UNITS, YARNS AND FABRICS WILL ALSO BE CLASSIFIED UNDER THE METRIC SYSTEM.
DETAILS OF THE CHANGES ARE SET OUT IN A NOTICE ΤΟ EXPORTERS PUBLISHED TODAY WHICH IS OBTAINABLE FROM THE USA ENQUIRY COUNTERS, TRADE DEPARTMENT, 15TH FLOOR, OCEAN CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI.
FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE NEW CATEGORY SYSTEM COULD BE
OBT OBTAINED FROM MRS R. MOON ON 3-7222564 OR MR T. C. CHAN ON 3-7222365.
KWUN TONG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN PUBLISHED
A NEW DRAFT PLAN FOR KWUN TONG, COVERING AN AREA OF ABOUT 450 HECTARES, WAS PUBLISHED BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD TODAY (FRIDAY) TO ESTABLISH A BROAD LAND USE ZONING AND MAJOR ROAD NETWORKS SO THAT DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE AREA CAN BE PUT UNDER STATUTORY PLANNING CONTROL.
"THE AREA BOUNDED BY NGAU TAU KOK ROAD AND KWUN TONG ROAD, PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY THE NGAU TAU KOK VILLAGE LAYOUT PLAN, HAS NOW BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW DRAFT KWUN TONG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID.
"UPON FULL DEVELOPMENT, THE RESIDENTIAL POPULATION AND WORKER POPULATION OF KWUN TONG ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 410,000 AND 140,000 RESPECTIVELY."
ABOUT 1.2 HECTARES OF LAND HAS BEEN ZONED AS *COMMERCIAL' SITES WHICH ARE MOSTLY LOCATED IN THE SOUTH OF KWUN TONG ROAD AND LEI YUE MUN ROAD. SOME WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH THE INCORPORATION MULTI-STOREY CARPARKS.
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