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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1990
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REGARDING ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE DPA, THE BILL ALSO EMPOWERS AUTHORITY (THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING) TO ENTER THE LAND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE THE DISCONTINUANCE OF UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENTS, TO PREVENT THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF SUCH DEVELOPMENTS, TO REINSTATE THE LAND.
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OFFENDERS ARE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $500,000, IMPRISONMENT FOR YEAR AND A FINE OF $10,000 FOR EACH DAY ON WHICH THE OFFENCE I8 PROVED TO HAVE CONTINUED.
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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, MR ROBERT UPTON, SAID EXISTING USES PREDATING THE GAZETTING OF DPA PLANS WOULD BE TOLERATED.
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"BUT TO PREVENT A RUSH TO CONVERT EXISTING AGRICULTURAL LAND TO STORAGE THE BILL CONTAINS A CLAUSE ALLOWING INTERIM DPA'S TO BB DESIGNATED IN ANTICIPATION OF THE BILL'S ENACTMENT.
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INTERIM DPA'S WOULD BE PUBLISHED ADMINISTRATIVELY, AND WITHIN THEM A SYSTEM OF PERMISSIONS SIMILAR TO THAT TO BE BROUGHT IN ON THE ENACTMENT OF THE LEGISLATION WOULD BE OPERATED.
PERMISSION GRANTED BY THE AUTHORITY WOULD BB HONOURED WHEN INTERIM DPA'S WERE REPLACED BY STATUTORY DPA'S.
ANY DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERIM DPA'S WHICH DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION WOULD BB SUBJECT TO ENFORCEMENT ACTION WHEN THE STATUTORY DPA GAZETTED. ALL INTERIM DPA'S WOULD BE SO REPLACED SOON AFTER ENACTMENT OF THE LEGISLATION.
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MR UPTON SAID COPIES OF A CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT OUTLINING THE INTERIM AMENDMENTS PROPOSED IN THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON FRIDAY FROM THE VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES, DISTRICT LANDS OFFICES AND DISTRICT PLANNING OFFICES.
"THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE FULL ACCOUNT OF ALL VIEWS BEFORE BILL IS FORMALLY INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1990.
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"IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION ΤΟ PRODUCE A DETAILED CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE REVISION OF THE FULL ORDINANCE AT THE BEGINNING OF 1991, AND IT IS ENVISAGED THAT THE REVISED ORDINANCE SHOULD BE ENACTED IN 1992," HE SAID.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE AMENDMENT BILL SHOULD BE SENT BY SEPTEMBER 30 TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, FOURTH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG.
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