THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1992
KOWLOON TO HAVE NEW OUTLINE ZONING PLANS
REMOVAL
ZONING PLANS IN WORK WILL SOON BEGIN ON REVISING ALL OUTLINE KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE IMPACT OF THE OF THE KAI TAK AIRPORT HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF METROPLAN.
THE
HIS
AT THE
TODAY FINANCE COMMITTEE
1992/93 UNDER (THURSDAY),
THE
FOR PRESENTING THE DRAFT RECURRENT EXPENDITURE PORTFOLIO
SAID SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES,
AIMED ΤΟ CONVERT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
ABOUT HALF of THE 30 PERMISSION AREA PLANS DEVELOPMENT
INTO OUTLINE
PLANS ZONING
IN
1992/93.
HE SAID THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WOULD
STRATEGY COMPLETE THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT NEW TERRITORIES SUB-REGIONAL STRATEGY.
OF THE
ALSO GIVE PRIORITY то
REVIEW AND
NORTHWEST
DEPARTMENT IN 1992/93
LEVELS
HE SAID OTHER MAIN PRIORITIES WOULD BE THE PREPARATION
TOWN OF
PLANS AT VARIOUS FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROJECTS.
THESE MR BARNES SAID
TO
PRIORITIES WOULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH
SINCE ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY,
THE RESOURCES STAFF REDEPLOYMENT AND ALLOCATED IN 1992/93 WOULD INCREASE MARGINALLY BY 2.2 PER CENT.
LAND
ON LAND ACQUISITION WORK OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT,
PROJECTS, MR BARNES
RELATED SAID IT WOULD FOCUS ON PADS
PRIVATE SCHEMES, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND HOUSING SOCIETY RESUMPTIONS, THE NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES LANDFILL AND THE YUEN SOUTHERN BY-PASS.
HE SAID THE
BUILDINGS AND
LANDS
STREET LONG
DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS IN BUILDING SAFETY AND THE INSTALLATION OF COMPUTERISED LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM.
107 VMS RETURNED
A GROUP OF 107 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (THURSDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
COMPRISING 39 MEN, 31 WOMEN, 18 BOYS AND 19 GIRLS, THEY WERE
THE 95TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 2, 586 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
то MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND
16,565 TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
THE
/THE 107