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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988
DEPARTMENT ON TOWN PLANNING ADVOCATED
DEPARTMENT IN AN SAID
A STRONG CASE EXISTS FOR SETTING UP A TOWN PLANNING SO THAT ALL IMPORTANT PROCESSES IN TOWN PLANNING ARE CONDUCTED INTEGRATED CONTEXT RATHER THAN PIECEMEAL, THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
POLICY
DEBATE, MR
THAT
CHENG
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF BECAUSE
THEY HAD SAID FOR MORE THAN A DECADE TOWN PLANNERS HAD FELT ORGANISATIONAL CONSTRAINTS AND DIFFUSED DEPLOYMENT OF STAFF
TO CONTRIBUTION BEEN INHIBITED FROM MAKING THE FULLEST POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY.
BRANCH
POLICY WELCOMING THE CREATION OF A NEW
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH PLANNING AND SETTING UP OF A NEW DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
SPEECH POLICY THE GOVERNOR
THE
THE
IN GOVERNMENT PROTECTION AND MR CHENG NOTED
TO THE POINTED CORRELATION BETWEEN PLANNING AND MEASURES TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.
HAD
IN
HIS
THAT CLOSE
TIME THAT RECOGNISED AND IDENTIFIED PLANNING DEPARTMENT COULD, AND THE NEW DRAINAGE BRANCH
HE FELT THAT THIS LINK WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT IT WAS THE PLANNERS' ROLE SHOULD BE MORE CLEARLY IN THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. A NEW TOWN LIKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, COME UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE NEW POLICY DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENT.
NOTED
THAT
THE
COPE
49-YEAR-OLD
WITH
PRESENT
AND
TOWN PLANNING FUTURE
MR CHENG ALSO ORDINANCE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY COULD NOT SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS, WAS BEING REVIEWED.
PROVIDE
AND SHOULD SHOULD BE ENVIRONMENT-ORIENTED "THIS ORDINANCE
TAKING INTO PLANNING TOWN EFFICIENT FOR PROPER AND
PUBLIC IMPLICATIONS; MORE CONSIDERATION OVERALL AS WELL AS DISTRICT
ENFORCEMENT EFFECTIVE PROCESSES; PLANNING INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLANNING PROPOSALS; AND FAIRER PLANNING SYSTEM, COMMENSURATE WITH TERRITORY'S UNIQUE SITUATION,'
OF
THE
HE SAID.
ON THE LABOUR SHORTAGE, MR CHENG SAID THE SOLUTION DID NOT
BUT MORE REALISTICALLY SIMPLY IN THE PROVISION OF MORE WORKERS,
TOWARDS IMPROVING LEAP QUANTUM A HONG KONG'S NEED TO TAKE PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY.
LIE
IN
HE THEREFORE SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE LOOK AT THE EXISTING SYSTEM TO SEE IF IT WERE NOT BY MODERN INEFFICIENT AND INEFFECTIVE.
TURNING
INFLATION, ΤΟ
WORRIED ABOUT THE RATE AT WHICH
HAD BEEN RISING.
MR CHENG
COMMERCIAL
A HARD STANDARDS
SAID HE WAS PARTICULARLY RESIDENTIAL RENTALS AND
"IF WE
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