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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1988
OLDER AREAS OF DISTRICT TAKING ON NEW LOOK
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THE OLDER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT WILL TAKE ON COMPLETELY NEW
THE LOOK IN
NEXT 10 YEARS
OF AS A RESULT COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, SAID THIS FOLLOWING A VISIT TO THE DISTRICT THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
"HOWEVER, REJUVENATION OF AN OLDER PART OF A DISTRICT CAREFUL AND DETAILED PLANNING," HE ADDED.
HE HOPED
THAT THESE
REQUIRES
REDEVELOPMENTS WOULD UPGRADE DISTRICT FACILITIES AND IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT REMOVING ALL THE UNIQUE FEATURES.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MR LAN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY FISHER, AND THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR AMBROSE LAU.
OF THE
STEPHEN
WHOLESALE TRADITIONAL AND THEN WALKED THROUGH THE
TRADING
ONE HE FIRST VISITED AREAS IN SHEUNG WAN - NAM PAK HONG NEARBY AREA AROUND QUEEN STREET AND TSUNG SAU LANES.
THIS IS
FIVE AMONG THE CORPORATION (LDC)
DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT.
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AREAS
IDENTIFIED
LAND
BY THE AS SUITABLE FOR COMPREHENSIVE
SING
WING STREET, THE OTHER FOUR AREAS ARE COCHRANE
STREET, SHING LANE. ALL FIVE HAVE BEEN GILMAN STREET AND THIRD STREET/UN
THE TOWN PLANNING DESIGNATED AS COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AREAS BY BOARD.
ONE OF THE EARLIEST DEVELOPED PARTS IN STREET SITE HAS A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 5,450 SQUARE METRES.
HONG KONG, THE QUEEN
PRE-WAR BUILDINGS, WITH A FLOOR LEVEL AND MARKED BY OWING TO
PIECEMEAL UNPLANNED,
IT IS NOW OCCUPIED BY DILAPIDATED NUMBER OF CHINESE HERB STORES AT GROUND CHAOTIC AND NARROW
STREET
PATTERNS
DEVELOPMENT IN EARLIER DECADES.
THE
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IN
CONJUNCTION
WITH
VARIOUS THE SITE
MR LAN WAS TOLD THAT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WAS PREPARING A SCHEME TO REDEVELOP IN A COMPREHENSIVE MANNER.
THIS WOULD OPTIMISE THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES, APART FROM IMPROVING THE LIVING THE AREA AS A WHOLE.
AND INCORPORATE
ENVIRONMENT OF
AREA,
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT MR LAN LATER WENT TO ANOTHER AT KIN MAN STREET AND CATCHICK STREET IN KENNEDY TOWN.
/CURRENTLY OCCUPIED
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