MONDAY, JULY 3. 1989
10
ENCOURAGING RESPONSE ON RURAL PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENT
*
INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN A CONSULTATIVE (RPIS) FROM DOCUMENT ON THE RURAL PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY
ENCOURAGING. ACCORDING TO BODIES WHO WILL BE MOST AFFECTED HAS BEEN THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU.
THE NEW TERRITORIES THE DOCUMENT, ISSUED AN INTEREST IN THE DISTRICT COUNCIL,
VILLAGE
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF ROTARY CLUB THIS (MONDAY) EVENING, MR HSU SAID ON MAY 4. WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE
HEUNG
REGIONAL THE
KUK. YEE STRATEGY, SUCH AS
COMMITTEES RURAL TERRITORIES, NEW THE
AND
BOARDS
IN REPRESENTATIVES.
WHILE THE BROAD
PRINCIPLES
OF
STRATEGY THE
WERE
GENERALLY
OF AND THAT THE LAND PRIVATE
HAD TO BE
UPON
WELCOMED, MR HSU NOTED THAT IT HAD BEEN STRESSED THAT THE INTEREST
NOT BE INFRINGED PRIVATE
SHOULD LANDOWNERS
IF GOVERNMENT MUST BE FAIR AND REASONABLE RESUMED IN THE COURSE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY.
SAID
EXPLAINING THE NEED FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
THAT
IN
RECENT
YEARS
RPIS, MR HSU INCREASED
BEEN
URBAN FRINGE WERE
THERE HAD ALTHOUGH INVESTMENT IN THE RURAL AREAS. FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENT AND LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMMES, THESE INVESTMENTS FAR FROM SUFFICIENT.
IS "UNLESS THERE
SUBSTANTIAL
INVESTMENT
BETTER LAND MANAGEMENT BETTER PLANNING AND
WILL THERE THAT
BE EVIDENT DIFFICULT TO SEE ENVIRONMENT OF THE RURAL AREAS.
IMPROVEMENT
IN INFRASTRUCTURE,
BE WILL CONTROL,
IN THE
IT
"THE
THAT CONSIDERS MORE INVESTMENTS
THE EXISTING IN THE RURAL
THEREFORE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES SHOULD BE EXPANDED. WITH AREAS, HE SAID.
*T
OF ELEMENTS
THE RPIS
A
AND
A
MR HSU OUTLINED THE THREE BASIC RURAL IMPROVEMENT WORKS PROGRAMME. LAND USE PLANS AND POLICIES NEW ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY.
OVER 10 YEARS, THE WORKS PROGRAMME, COSTING ABOUT $4 BILLION
AND POLLUTION CONTROL WOULD GIVE PRIORITY TO FLOOD PROTECTION
LAND FOR VILLAGE MEASURES : IMPROVED VILLAGE ACCESS, EXPANSION; AND THE PROVISION OF OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES.
SERVICED
DEVELOPMENT
STEERING
GROUP
ΤΟ COMPRISING AND NEW
BE
MR HSU ADDED THAT A RURAL
AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIRECTOR
TERRITORY CHAIRED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE CITY TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK, WOULD BE SET UP.
THE STEERING GROUP IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RPIS.
WOULD
MONITOR
THE
PLANNING
THE DISTRICT
AND
OVERALL