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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1991
THE OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE SELECTED STRATEGY INCLUDED:
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PROVISION IS MADE FOR THE GROWTH OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT THROUGH EXTENSIONS ONTO THE CENTRAL-WAN CHAI RECLAMATION BUT A MAJOR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE IS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW OFFICE AND HOTEL NODES AROUND KEY TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE POINTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WEST KOWLOON, DIAMOND HILL AND QUARRY BAY;
AT KWUN TO
PARTS OF CERTAIN OBSOLETE INDUSTRIAL AREAS SUCH AS TONG SOUTH, SAN PO KONG AND CENTRAL KWAI CHUNG WILL HAVE BE REPLANNED AND REDEVELOPED FOR OTHER USES BUT PROVISION IS ALSO MADE FOR NEW, CLEAN, HIGH VALUE-ADDED INDUSTRY NEAR THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT AND AT KAI TAK, CLOSE TO PORT FACILITIES;
AREAS WHERE THERE ARE CONCENTRATIONS OF OBSOLETE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES ESPECIALLY IN EAST KOWLOON AND KWAI CHUNG WILL BE REDEVELOPED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO IMPROVED STANDARDS, LINKED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HOUSING ESTATES ON NEARBY RECLAMATIONS AND THROUGH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE KAI TAK AIRPORT SITE;
V
MONG
AREAS OF OBSOLETE PRIVATE HOUSING, SUCH AS TO KWA WAN,
AND CENTRAL KOK
TSUEN WAN, WILL BE THINNED
THROUGH OUT REDEVELOPMENT TO NEW TOWN STANDARDS WITHIN THE PLANNING FRAMEWORK OF COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLANS.
LAND
DEVELOPMENT
THE HOUSING SOCIETY AND PRIVATE DEVELOPERS WILL ALL PLAY A ROLE;
CORPORATION,
THE
ON NEW AREAS OF RECLAMATION AND IN AREAS WHERE COMPRESSIVE REDEVELOPMENT CAN BE ACHIEVED, PROVISION WILL BE MADE FOR AN INTERLINKED
OF OPEN SPACES. THERE WILL ALSO BE A
SYSTEM
TOTAL OF 33 KILOMETRE OF WATERFRONT PROMENADES;
BUT THEIR
SITES FOR A TOTAL OF 15 URBAN FRINGE PARKS
BEEN HAVE
IDENTIFIED
DETAILED FEASIBILITY NEEDS TO BE ESTABLISHED.
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ACHIEVE ITS OBJECTIVES, THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE POLICIES, PROGRAMMES, AGENTS AND MECHANISMS AVAILABLE IN THE SECTOR THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED.
OF PUBLIC
AT THE POLICY LEVEL, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMMITTEE WILL FOR THE CONTINUE TO BE THE BODY TO ENDORSE STRATEGIC PLANNING GOALS METRO AREA AND ALSO TO MONITOR AND REVIEW THE ACHIEVEMENT OF METROPLAN OBJECTIVES.
THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD WILL BE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE SETTING SINCE THE OF
OBJECTIVES FOR METROPLAN AT A DISTRICT PLANNING LEVEL REVIEW OF STATUTORY PLANS WILL BE A MAJOR PART OF THE PROCESS.
LAND
OF WOULD
HE DISCLOSED
A THAT
SPECIAL SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMMITTEE, TO BE CHAIRED BY A DEPUTY SECRETARY
PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH HAD BEEN SET UP AND CONCENTRATE INITIALLY ON THE STEPS REQUIRED TO START TRANSLATING METROPLAN'S BROAD CONCEPTS INTO MORE DETAILED PROPOSALS.
/HE SAID
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