WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1989
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FACTOR IMPORTANT IN PADS PLANNING
PORT AND AIRPORT IMPACT THAN
ENVIRONMENTAL
THE CHEK LAP KOK STRATEGY WAS CHOSEN IN THE DEVELOPMENT AS IT WOULD HAVE LESS ADVERSE ANY OTHER OF THE SHORTLISTED STRATEGIES.
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HON
ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS THE THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING.
(WEDNESDAY) GRAHAM BARNES, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY IN THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS.
WOULD BE FACTORS
MR BARNES STRESSED THAT AT EVERY STAGE THERE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT IN DETAILED PLANNING.
CONSEQUENCE OF THE PORT AND HE ALSO NOTED THAT A VERY REAL AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PADS) WAS A DECISIVE MOVE OF THE OF GRAVITY OF HONG KONG TO THE WEST.
PADS IT
CENTRE
"BUT EVEN WITHOUT THE
WAS HAPPENING.
OF MOST
THE WHICH WE HAVE IMPORTANT NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENTS OF GUANGDONG WITH
AND NORTH-WEST OR HAVE SUCH STRONG ECONOMIC LINKS, ARE IN THE WEST HAD ACCESS TO HONG KONG FROM THE WEST. MR BARNES SAID.
VISIT TO THE CITIES HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT IN A RECENT
AND
WITH THE SECRETARY FOR COUNTIES IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA
ECONOMIC WHICH THEY RETURNED SERVICES. ONE OF THE STRONGEST IMPRESSIONS WITH
ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP. WAS OF THE DEPENDENCE OF ALL THESE PORT FACILITIES AND OVERSEAS CONTACTS ON THEIR COUNTRYMEN AND BUSINESS ACQUAINTANCES IN HONG KONG.
FOR PLACES
PLACE AS
RELATIONSHIPS WITH MR BARNES SAID HONG KONG MUST FOSTER CLOSE THESE PLACES TO ENSURE THAT IT CONTINUED TO HOLD ITS PROPER THE MAJOR REGIONAL PORT AND SOURCE OF BUSINESS OF THE AREA.
BIAS IN "SO WE WILL GENERALLY BE DEVELOPING MORE OF A WESTERN
PUBLICITY DOCUMENT OUR PLANNING, AND DURING 1990 AS WE STATED IN OUR
(RPIS). WE WILL BE FOR THE RURAL PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY
FOR THE NORTH-WEST NEW PREPARING A NEW SUB-REGIONAL PLANNING STUDY
LAND ΤΟ BE TERRITORIES WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOR MUCH GREATER AREAS OF
HE SAID. ALLOCATED TO CONTAINER-RELATED AND PORT-RELATED USES,
..
IN PROVIDED
TUEN MUN AND DEVELOPMENTS IN TO SEGREGATE
FURTHER INDUSTRIAL AREAS WOULD BE PERHAPS TIN SHUI WAI AND ALSO THROUGH PRIVATE SECTOR
BE MADE THE RPIS. A MUCH MORE DETERMINED EFFORT WOULD DIRTY INDUSTRY.
IN
TURN
"ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA WILL SUPPORT TO THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING IN TIN SHUI WAI. FIRST BLOCKS WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1992.
"SO PRIORITY IS BEING GIVEN FOR THIS STUDY SOON AS THE METROPLAN STUDY IS COMPLETED IN APRIL."
GIVE
STRONG WHERE THE
TO BE STARTED AS
MR BARNES SAID.
"THERE MAY