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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1991
AREA
MR BARNES POINTED OUT THAT THE CORPORATION WAS DOING ITS BEST TO PROVIDE THE MEANS TO REHOUSE THOSE WHO COULD NOT READILY LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES AND PARTICULARLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE WHERE THEY HAD LIVED SO LONG, IN PARTICULAR THE OLD AND INCAPACITATED.
"THE REHOUSING PROPERTY WHERE WE STAND AND WHERE WE SHALL OPENING FORMALLY SHORTLY BEARS WITNESS TO THIS," HE ADDED.
SHALL BE
MR BARNES STRESSED THAT THE CORPORATION HAD RECOGNISED THAT BETTER DEALT WITH ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE NEEDS OF THOSE INVOLVED WERE
OF RESIDUE
HOUSEHOLDS BY PAYMENTS OF MONEY, THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE A FOR WHOM THE PROVISION OF HOUSING WAS THE ONLY PRACTICABLE HELP COULD BE OFFERED.
WHICH
"SO THE SCHEME WHICH WE ARE OPENING TODAY 19 CRITICAL ΤΟ THE CHAIN OF PROJECTS WHICH WILL FOLLOW IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON.
WORK "AT LEAST SIX PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO START BUILDING 1992," HE SAID.
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MR BARNES EXPLAINED THAT BACK IN 1985 WHEN THE GOVERNMENT WAS DRAFTING
LAND THE
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
IT ORDINANCE,
HAD BALANCE RECOGNISED THAT URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS OFFERED A VERY COMPLEX
THE INTERESTS OF OF THE INTERESTS OF THE SCHEME ON THE ONE HAND AND THE EXISTING RESIDENTS OF THE AREA ON THE OTHER.
"THIS IS WHY WE FELT IT NECESSARY TO INCLUDE A FAIRLY COMPLEX SERIES OF STEPS TO BE TAKEN BY
DEAL WITH THE CORPORATION ΤΟ ACQUISITION AND CLEARANCE PROBLEMS BEFORE IT SEEKS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION.
"BUT THE POWER OF INTERVENTION MUST BE THERE, AND IN THE EARLY BR USED STAGES OF THE CORPORATION'S HISTORY, IT IS LIKELY TO HAVE TO FROM TIME TO TIME.
"INDEED ONE RESUMPTION HAS ALREADY BEEN AUTHORISED," HE SAID.
MR BARNES CONGRATULATED THE CORPORATION ON THE PROGRESS IT HAD MADE SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
HE NOTED THAT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ITS CHAIRMAN, MR HU FA-KUANG, IT HAD DONE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK OF URBAN RENEWAL.
of
"NATURALLY THE FIRST MAJOR EFFORT WAS PUT INTO PLANNING AS TO WHERE IT COULD MOST EFFECTIVELY CONCENTRATE ITS
AND ENDEAVOURS, TO THIS END, IN CO-OPERATION WITH AND WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT GOVERNMENT'S OWN PLANNERS, IT HAS PRODUCED A NUMBER OF MAJOR STUDIES HIGHLIGHTING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR URBAN RENEWAL WITHIN COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS.
"FROM THESE PLANS A NUMBER OF COMPREHENSIVE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DEFINED, SOME OF WHICH ARE NOW BEING HE SAID.
REDEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTED,
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