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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1991
NORTH LANTĂU SHORELINE NOT FEASIBLE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH LANTAU WILL BE CENTRED IN
ΤΑΙ HO WHILE TWO VALLEYS OF TUNG CHUNG AND
NO SITING OF SUCH ROAD TO DEVELOPMENT IS INTENDED FOR THE AREAS ALONG THE PROPOSED NEW THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT.
THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND THIS TODAY COUNCIL BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE DR THE HON SAMUEL WONG.
BARNES
LANDS, MR GRAHAM (WEDNESDAY)
IN
A
THAT
HAD MR
FOUND THAT EXPLAINED
THE GOVERNMENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE ACTUAL SHORELINE TO BE NOT FEASIBLE RELATING BECAUSE THESE AREAS WERE AFFECTED BY NOISE EXPOSURE FORECAST TO THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT AND THE TRAFFIC NOISE FROM THE HIGHWAY.
BVENTUAL POPULATION OF HE SAID TUNG CHUNG WAS PLANNED FOR AN ABOUT 160,000 OF WHICH ABOUT 20,000 SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR BY 1997.
WAS BEING THE HOUSED LOCALLY
IN PROVIDED
THE BE
STAGE FIRST THE HOUSING TO
IN THE MAXIMUM ASSISTANCE
COMMISSIONING PLANNED TO BE OF AIRPORT, WHICH WOULD NEED SOME OF ITS WORKFORCE TO BE EVEN BEFORE IT OPENED, HE ADDED.
OF
STARTED PLANNED то
HOWEVER, HE NOTED THAT TAI HO DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT BE SUBSTANTIALLY UNTIL ABOUT 2004, WITH ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE BE PROVIDED FOR BEFORE 2011 AND 100,000 THEREAFTER.
PUBLIC HOUSING STANDARDS UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW
AND
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS, ON AN ON-GOING BASIS, REVIEWED SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THE BUILDING STANDARDS AND RELATED PROCEDURES ON THE
FOR OF ITS
THE SECRETARY PROJECTS, QUALITY
BUILDING ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
PLANNING,
IN WING-TAT
THE MEASURES AIMED AT ADOPTED IN
A
BY THE HON QUESTION
LEE REPLYING TO
COUNCIL, MR BARNES SAID A NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION WORKMANSHIP HAD BEEN RECENT YEARS.
THESE INCLUDED:
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ESTABLISHMENT
OF
ΤΟ CONTRACTORS
OF A SEPARATE LIST PROVIDE FOR MORE DIRECT
APPROVED
CONTROL
IN
BUILDING APRIL
LAST YEAR;
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