WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1991
UNDER
MUST CONSIDER THE
THE ORDINANCE,
BOARD APPLICATIONS WITHIN TWO MONTILS OF THE DATE OF APPLICATION.
ALL
PLANNING
PROPERTY
OTHERWISE APNINISTRATION
THAT NOTED TURNING то LEASE CONTROL, MR LEUNG DEVELOPMENT MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LEASH CONDITIONS, MODIFICATION OF THE LEASE MUST BE SOUGIIT, FROM THE LAND OFFICE.
"IN
STRAIGHT FORWARD CASES, THE APPLICATION WOULD ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO PROCESS.
USUALLY TAKE
"IN SOME CASES, APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IS SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED UNDER THE LEASE CONDITIONS," HE SAID.
THE PROCEDURES WOULD TAKE ABOUT 10 WEEKS TO PROCESS.
MR LEUNG ADDED THAT THE PROCESSING OF THE VARIOUS COULD BE CARRIED OUT CONCURRENTLY.
AUTHORISATIONS
$1.8 BILLION EARMARKED FOR RPIS PROJECTS
*
THE
$300
MILLION FOR GOVERNMENT HAS TO DATE SPENT ABOUT PROJECTS UNDER THE RURAL PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY (RPIS) WITH A SUM OF $1.8 BILLION EARMARKED FOR THE PURPOSE FOR THE YBARS.
NEXT FIVE
AND LANDS, FROM THE
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT
REPLYING TO A WHEN
A QUESTION MR BOWEN LEUNG, SAID THIS HON GILBERT LEUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR LEUNG NOTED THAT NINE MAJOR
PROJECTS INCLUDING RIVER PROTECTION MEASURES, TRAINING, DRAINAGE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT, FLOOD
OF EXPANSION FOR THE SITE
AND FORMATION
SERVICING PROVISION OF SITES FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES HAD BEEN COMPLETED THE RPIS.
IN ADDITION, AROUND 240 PROJECTS UNDER
THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME AND FORMED PART OF THE STRATEGY HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
THE
VILLAGES
AND UNDER
THE URBAN
PROGRAMME
FRINGE
WHICH
SUCH AS
IN
FLOODING,
ITS
"GIVEN THAT THE RPIS IS AIMED AT TACKLING MANY PROBLEMS
ISSUES, LONG-TERM RURAL
ARE AREAS WHICH POLLUTION AND UNPLANNED DEVELOPMENT, IT WILL TAKE TIME TO ACHIEVE OVERALL OBJECTIVES," HE ADDED.
MR
SATISFIED
ΤΟ
LEUNG NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS GENERALLY
FOR IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE PROGRESS SO FAR, AND WITH THE MECHANISM AND MONITORING GAINING OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE, WAS LOOKING FORWARD A FASTER PACE OF PROGRESS IN THE COMING YEARS.
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