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SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1988
PROVIDE
THESE AND THE OTHER CHAPTERS TAKEN TOGETHER COMBINE TO
HAS MADE THE HONG KONG A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ON HONG KONG WHICH GOVERNMENT'S ANNUAL REPORT A REGULAR BEST-SELLER.
1987, WILL BE ON PUBLICATIONS CENTRE,
SHORTLY AFTER
HONG KONG 1988, WHICH COVERS THE EVENTS OF SALE AT $38 TOMORROW (MONDAY) AT THE GOVERNMENT GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, HONG KONG, AND AT ALL LEADING BOOKSTORES.
GROWING INTEREST IN TOWN PLANNING
THE PUBLIC IS SHOWING KEENER INTEREST IN TOWN PLANNING MATTERS AND BECOMING MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTAL CONSTRAINTS WHICH COULD AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES.
FIGURES JUST RELEASED BY THE CENTRAL INFORMATION UNIT OF THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE, BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, SHOWED A STEADY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ENQUIRIES CONCERNING LAND DEVELOPMENT AND TOWN PLANNING RECEIVED BY THE UNIT IN RECENT YEARS.
LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 3,060 REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 70 YEAR'S FIGURE OF 1,819.
ENQUIRIES WERE
THE NUMBERS WERE UP COMPARED TO 1985, 1,120 IN 1984 AND 915 IN 1983.
RECORDED, WHICH PER CENT OVER THE PRECEDING
1,613 ENQUIRIES
RECEIVED IN
ANALYSIS OF THE ENQUIRIES SHOWED THEY NO LONGER CAME ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FROM PROFESSIONAL OR COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS.
WHILE THE MAJORITY WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO
PROFESSIONAL AGENCIES
AND PER CENT
18 PER
AND PROPERTY COMPANIES WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 31 CENT RESPECTIVELY OF THE TOTAL, PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND STUDENTS ACCOUNTED FOR 19 PER CENT AND 12 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
OF A TOWN PLANNER, MR RAYMOND WONG, SAID: "THE TYPE
QUESTIONS INDIVIDUALS AND BEING ASKED BY PRIVATE
STUDENTS INDICATED A INTEREST AND CONCERN ABOUT THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
KEEN
IN LEARNING IN THE VICINITY OF THEIR TO BE PROVIDED IN NEARBY
"FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD-BE HOME BUYERS ARE INTERESTED
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ABOUT EXISTING AND
FACILITIES PROSPECTIVE HOMES, AND ABOUT AREAS.
OF MR WONG NOTED THAT HONG KONG HAS SOME LAND USE CONSTRAINTS DUE TO THE SCARCITY SOME OF ITS ESTABLISHED OLD URBAN AREAS ARE POPULATED IN THE WORLD.
OF
THE MOST DIFFICULT LEVEL GROUND AND THAT AMONG THE MOST DENSELY
"OUT ACHIEVEMENTS