FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1992
COMMUNITY HAS ROLE TO BRING METROPLAN INTO FRUITION
HAS
OF HONG
FULL PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE CRUCIAL IN REMOULDING THE CITY KONG IN ORDER TO BRING THE METROPLAN INTO FRUITION.
FORD TODAY EXHIBITION
THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID
ROVING MONTH-LONG (FRIDAY) WHEN HE OFFICIALLY OPENED A ORGANISED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS PART OF A PUBLICITY EXERCISE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE VARIOUS PLANNING CONCEPTS SET OUT IN THE METROPLAN SELECTED STRATEGY.
APPROVED
BY THE
AND PROPOSALS
COUNCIL IN PUBLIC AND BETTER
WAS
EXECUTIVE THE METROPLAN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR TO PROVIDE A PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT WITH THE AIM OF MAKING HONG KONG A CITY IN WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK.
CONCEPTUAL
KONG
OF HONG
RATHER THAN A PROGRAMME OF WORKS BY ITSELF, IT IS A STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING AND UPGRADING THE METRO AREA ISLAND, KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON, TSUEN WAN AND KWAI TSING.
SIR DAVID SAID THE ·METROPLAN ALSO REPRESENTED A VISION AS AS AN ACHIEVABLE GOAL WHICH WOULD PROVIDE OPPORUNITIES TO IMPROVE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT OF THE CITY.
WELL THE
HE SAID HONG KONG WAS SMALL, COMPACT AND DENSELY POPULATED WITH MILLION WHICH THE PRESENT POPULATION IN THE METRO AREA OF ABOUT 3.8 WAS TOO CROWDED BY WORLD STANDARDS.
THERE WAS A GROWING DEMAND FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT, WITH
EXPECTATIONS INCREASING AFFLUENCE OF THE SOCIETY, AND THE RISING THE COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.
THE
OF
A
HE
AND
SAID TO CREATE A PLEASANT AND COMFORTABLE URBAN LIVING WORKING ENVIRONMENT WAS CERTAINLY NO EASY TASK FOR WHICH HONG KONG WAS ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS, REAL CHALLENGE BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS; IT IMPOSED MANY CONSTRAINTS, BUT ALSO PROVIDED AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES.
HE POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG COULD HAVE TRIED TO ACHIEVE WORKS IN SUCH PURSUIT IN LITTLE PIECES, FITTING IN SUCH IMPROVEMENTS TO EACH ELIMINATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AREA AS IT COULD MANAGE AND TRYING TO BLACK SPOTS.
"BUT
TRANSPORT HAVE BEEN
WITHOUT AN OVERALL PLAN TO STRUCTURE THE WHOLE WOULD HAVE LITTLE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE, DIFFUSE PLANNING GOALS,
AND WE WOULD
11
HE STRESSED.
CITY, WE SYSTEM
AND
WORKING TO
/SIR DAVID