FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1994
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REVISION TO COMPOSITE INDUSTRIAL-OFFICE BUILDING GUIDELINES ANNOUNCED
THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) REVISION TO
INDUSTRIAL-OFFICE THE GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION FOR COMPOSITE
(1-0) BUILDING IN "INDUSTRIAL" ZONE.
COMPOSITE 1-0 BUILDINGS ARE DUAL PURPOSE BUILDINGS IN WHICH EVERY UNIT CAN BE USED FLEXIBLY FOR BOTH INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE PURPOSES.
PREVIOUSLY THE TYPE OF OFFICES TO BE ACCOMMODATED IN AN I-O BUILDING SHOULD BE ANCILLARY ΤΟ THE INDUSTRIAL/GODOWN ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE SAME INDUSTRIAL AREA.
"FROM NOW ON, THE TYPE OF OFFICES ESTABLISHED WITHIN I-0 BUILDINGS HAVE TO BE ANCILLARY AND DIRECTLY RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS, BUT THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT SUCH INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE SAME INDUSTRIAL AREA, A SPOKESMAN OF THE BOARD SAID.
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THE REVISION HAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE STRUCTURAL CHANGE OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY AND CATERS FOR THE NEED OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR.
IT IS RECOGNISED THAT INDUSTRIALISTS HAVE BEEN MOVING THEIR PRODUCTION LINES TO CHINA AND OTHER SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES LEAVING THE ADMINISTRATION, MARKETING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN, QUALITY CONTROL AND PACKAGING OF THEIR INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS IN HONG KONG.
BY REVISING THE GUIDELINES, THE BOARD AIMS TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES WITH SUCH OFFICE REMAINING IN HONG KONG.
SUITABLE FUNCTIONS
UNDER THE I-O CONCEPT, AN ANCILLARY OFFICE IS A "SATELLITE OFFICE" SUPPORTING AN INDUSTRIAL OPERATION ELSEWHERE.
OFFICES WHICH ARE NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS DEFINITION, EXAMPLE, LEGAL FIRMS, TRAVEL AGENTS, PROPERTY AGENTS, ACCOUNTING ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO 1-0 BUILDINGS, UNLESS WITH PLANNING PERMISSION.
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THE GUIDELINES FOR I-O BUILDINGS WERE FIRST EARLY 1990 AND WERE LAST REVISED IN OCTOBER 1993.
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COPIES OF THE REVISED GUIDELINES ARE AVAILABLE FREE AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, 16TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN HONG KONG.
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