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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1990
FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE
THIS URBAN
"IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BROAD RESTRUCTURING, THE METROPLAN IS DRAWN UP," HE Added.
FINAL
WAS OPTION
STILL REMAINED TO BRING PLACK IN ONE OF THE
ALTHOUGH THE
RECOMMENDED METROPLAN BEING WORKED OUT WITHIN GOVERNMENT, THE BROAD AIM ABOUT A BETTER ORGANISED, MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE DESIRABLE WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK AND URBAN RENEWAL WAS GOING TO BE MAJOR KEYS IN ACHIEVING THIS, HE SAID.
WAS
STANDARD
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LDC) FORMED IN JANUARY 1988 WITH THE PRIMARY AIM OF IMPROVING THE OF HOUSING AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG THROUGH URBAN RENEWAL.
ON URBAN SO FAR, HE SAID, THE LDC HAD COMPLETED THREE STUDIES
OLDEST URBAN AREAS, DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES COVERING THREE OF THE NAMELY THE MONG KOK AND YAU MA TEI AREA, THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN
HUNG THREE COVERING AS WELL AS THE WAN CHAI AREA WHILE ANOTHER AND MA TAU KOK, SHAM SHUI PO AS WELL AS SHAU KEI WAN HAD COMPLETED.
YET TO
MEANWHILE, EIGHT JOINT VENTURE PROJECTS AT VARIOUS PLANNING DESIGN STAGES WERE BEING ACTIVELY PURSUED BY THE CORPORATION, ADDED.
LIVING
RENEWAL WAS
ΤΟ MBANT
URBAN DEVELOPED
MR
ARBA
HOM
BB
OR
LAN
HE SAID THAT WHILE URBAN
UPGRADE THE
OF THE ENVIRONMENT
OLDER
AREA, THE
WHICH MIGHT IMPLEMENTATION OF
LEAD TO GRIEVANCES AMONG AFFECTED DUE CARB AT RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY WHEN THEIR CONCERNS WERE NOT GIVEN AN EARLY STAGE.
"THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES
HE SAID. ADMINISTRATION CERTAINLY HAS A ROLE TO PLAY,"
"IN
CNTA FᎪᏨᎢ .
REGARDS ITSELF A9 A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE LOCALS AND GOVERNMENT.
BRIDGE
TO PROMOTE
THAT "THE SIMPLE AIM IS TO ENSURE
GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION IS PEOPLE
AND CONCERNED, CLEARLY EXPLAINED TO THE
THE LATTER'S VIEWS CAN BE FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
ANY WHEN FINALISING REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS.
THAT
IN
AND
"THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED, FIRST BY CLOSELY INVOLVING OURSELVES
AND SECONDLY, BY GIVING THE PLANNING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS EVERY POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE IN ARRANGING NECESSARY CONSULTATION BRIEFING SESSIONS TO LOCAL BODIES CONCERNED,
H
HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT DISTRICT OFFICES WERE PLANNING PROCESS OF REDEVELOPMENT DURING WHICH LOCAL CONCERNS WERE REFLECTED.
CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THE PROJECTS IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS
LOCAL VIEWS
WERE
ALSO SOUGHT WHENEVER
APPLICABLE
DIRECTLY
THROUGH THE DISTRICT BOARDS OR AREA COMMITTEES, HE SAID.
AMONG OTHER ISSUES WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO CNTA
REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THE QUESTIONS OF COMPENSATION AND URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS,
/"THE BASIC
ARB
LDC'S