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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1990
THE SECOND IMPORTANT COMPONENT WAS A STATEMENT OF STANDARDS AND PRINCIPLES FOR URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN.
BY ADOPTING HIGHER ENVIRONMENTAL AND URBAN PLANNING STANDARDS ON REPLANNING, SUCH AS MORE PARKS, MORE TREES, WIDER STREETS, MORE PEDESTRIANISATION SCHEMES AND LOWER BUILDING DENSITIES, MR BARNES SAID IMPROVEMENT COULD AND WOULD COME ABOUT IN TIME.
THE THIRD COMPONENT WAS A LANDSCAPE STRATEGY.
"THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE CONSERVE OUR REMAINING TREES, WOODLANDS, SPECIAL VIEWS AND VISTAS AND THAT THEY DO NOT ALL GET SACRIFICED FOR PROFIT OR MERE NEGLECT.
"WE HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A PLAN BEFORE, HE SAID.
THE FOURTH WAS A BROAD
WORKS PROGRAMME FOR
THE MAIN
INFRASTRUCTURE,
THE FIFTH WOULD BE THE INSTITUTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE
APART FROM INVOLVING MAJOR ENGINEERING WORKS, URBAN REDEVELOPMENT WAS MUCH MORE COMPLEX INVOLVING PLANNING, SOCIAL ENGINEERING, NEGOTIATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH PRIVATE OWNERS AND COMPROMISE OF CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
"INSTITUTIONAL ORGANISATION FOR ITS REALISATION MUST BE BASED ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RATHER THAN ON ONE OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, MR BARNES SAID.
"I
THE LAST MAIN ELEMENT WAS THAT DETAILED PLANNING MUST BE SPLIT DOWN AND DONE IN SMALLER AREAS AND BY DIFFERENT TEAMS, HE SAID.
"SO THE METROPLAN IS DIVIDED INTO SEVEN SUB-REGIONS AND THE STRATEGIC ELEMENTS OF THE OVERALL PLAN AND THE STANDARDS ADOPTED BECOME THE BRIEF FOR MORE DETAILED PLANNING OF THE SUB-REGIONS BY THE DISTRICT PLANNING TEAMS," HE SAID.
REFERRING TO THE THREE OPTIONS LISTED IN THE SECOND PUBLIC CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT "METROPLAN INITIAL OPTIONS" MR BARNES SAID THEY DIFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY IN TERMS OF THE SCALE OF REDEVELOPMENT AND IN TERMS OF THE SCALE AND LOCATION OF AREAS PLANNED FOR MAIN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES.
"THE PRINCIPAL DIFFERENCES ARE IN RESPECT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH GROWTH SHOULD BE CENTRALISED ON THE ONE HAND OR DISPERSED BOTH WITHIN AND OUT WITH METRO ON THE OTHER,' HE SAID.
MR BARNES SAID IT WAS NOT THE INTENTION SIMPLY ΤΟ CHOOSE ONE OUT OF THE THREE OPTIONS LISTED.
HE
"RATHER, WE EXPECT TO IDENTIFY THE BEST PARTS OF EACH AND CARRY THESE IDEAS FORWARD TO THE NEXT STAGE OF PLAN FORMULATION," SAID.
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