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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990
"SINCE ENACTMENT, HOWEVER, IT HAS REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN MOST AREAS IS PROVIDED FOR SATISFACTORILY WITH EXISTING SAID.
BECOME APPARENT THAT THE FAR GREATER THAN CAN BE INFRASTRUCTURE, MR LEWIS
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MOREOVER, HE ADDED, WHEN KAI TAK AIRPORT IS REMOVED AND THERE IS NO FURTHER JUSTIFICATION FOR HEIGHT LIMITATIONS UNDER THE HONG KONG AIRPORT (CONTROL OF OBSTRUCTION} ORDINANCE, THE REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL WOULD BE LIMITED ONLY BY THE BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS OR THE STATUTORY OUTLINE ZONING PLANS AND LEASE CONDITIONS, IF APPLICABLE.
"IT IS ENVISAGED THAT THERE IS AN OVERALL POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPING ACCOMMODATION IN THE URBAN AREA FOR A POPULATION AT A LEVEL WHICH FAR EXCEEDS ANY REASONABLE PLANNING INTENTION.
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"BUT TO SET THE LEVELS OF CONTROL SENSIBLY AND EQUITABLY EXTENSIVE STUDY - FAR MORE EXTENSIVE THAN WE FORESAW WHEN ORDINANCE WAS FIRST ENACTED. THESE STUDIES AND THE PREPARATION APPROVAL OF THE OUTLINE ZONING PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THEIR RESULTS WILL TAKE A FURTHER THREE YEARS.
"THIS PERIOD WILL BE TAKEN AS THE TARGET TOWARDS WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WILL COMPLETE ALL THE NECESSARY TASKS AND WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF PROPOSING ANY FURTHER EXTENSION BEYOND THIS PERIOD, HE SAID.
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MR LEWIS ALSO SAID THE LAND MARKET IN KOWLOON HAD ALL ALONG BEEN BASED ON THE LEVEL OF DENSITIES PERMITTED UNDER THE ORIGINAL ORDERS FOR OVER 30 YEARS; THIS ORDER MERELY CONTINUED TO RETAIN THE DENSITIES AT THAT LEVEL, IT DID NOT REDUCE THEM.
"ON THE OTHER HAND, I SHOULD ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT IS NOT GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION THAT ALL FORMS OF DENSITY OR DEVELOPMENT CONTROL WILL BE LIFTED AT THE EXPIRY OF THE PROPOSED EXTENSION PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, MR LEWIS SAID.
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HE SAID SOME DEGREE OF CONTROL WOULD BE NECESSARY AND INEVITABLE SO AS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE LONG-TERM PLANNING STRATEGY FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE AND FOR INDIVIDUAL AREAS.
MADE WITHOUT EXCEEDING MR LEWIS SAID.
"FURTHERMORE, WE ALSO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT DEVELOPMENT THE CAPACITY OF
INFRASTRUCTURAL
WILL BE SUPPORT,
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