WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1988
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REVIEW UNDERTAKEN ON TSING YI INSTALLATIONS
ON
FUTURE APPLICATIONS FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INSTALLATIONS
OF A REVIEW TSING YI ISLAND WILL NOT BE PROCESSED UNTIL THE RESULTS
TAKEN A VIEW ON SUCH INSTALLATIONS ARE KNOWN AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS
THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, ON THESE, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, REITERATED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE
HON RICHARD
LAI, MR BARNES
FOR ISLAND, OF TSING YI THAT POINTED OUT
DEVELOPMENT THE RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES, WAS BASED UPON A PARTICULAR STRATEGY.
BOTH
ALL THE RESIDENTIAL
THIS STRATEGY PLACED THE TOWN CENTRE AND
AND THE SITES IN THE NORTH-EAST OF THE ISLAND, NEAREST TO TSUEN WAN,
SOUTH AND THE WEST; AND THEY WERE WELL INDUSTRIAL SITES IN THE
SEPARATED BY THE INTERVENING LAND FEATURES.
"THE SITING OF POTENTIALLY
HAZARDOUS NOT INCOMPATIBLE COMPETING
WESTERN SIDE OF TSING YI IS
DEMANDS USES ON THE EAST, AND THESE LONG AS WE ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PHI'S DO NOT DANGER TO THE INHABITANTS, MR BARNES SAID.
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INSTALLATIONS ON THE
WITH
THE RESIDENTIAL
ARE POSE
RECONCILABLE AS
ANY SIGNIFICANT
OF THE REVIEW ON "THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDERTAKING AN UPDATING
WHERE WE NOW STAND AND TO ADDRESS PHI'S ON TSING YI, TO LOOK AT
SO-CALLED 'CUMULATIVE EFFECTS' ON SPECIFICALLY THE QUESTION OF THE TRAFFIC AND SO ON.'
TSING
MR BARNES ALSO SAID THE POPULATION CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR YI WAS 191,000, AND THERE WERE NOW NEARLY 100,000 PEOPLE LIVING ON THE ISLAND.
WILL ALL IN
TAKE PLACE IN GROWTH "THE FUTURE NORTH-EASTERN TSING YI AND THERE IS NO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF
SOUTHERN PART OF THE SORT PROPOSED IN THE WESTERN OR ADDED.
POPULATION
ANY
[
ISLAND,
HE
ONE BILL PASSED * * * *
THE MARINE FISH (MARKETING) (AMENDMENT) BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
1987 WAS PASSED
DEBATE ON THEM (AMENDMENT) BILL SERVICES
THREE OTHER BILLS WERE READ A SECOND TIME AND WAS ADJOURNED. THESE WERE THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS 1988, DISTRICT BOARDS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988 AND CORRECTIONAL DEPARTMENT (POWERS OF ARREST) BILL 1988.
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