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OMBUDSMAN INFORMED OF PROJECTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1994
HAD NOT INFORMED (COMAC) OF OTHER WHEN COMAC WAS RELATING то THE AND SOUTHEAST NEW
IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ON FRIENDS OF THE EARTH'S (FOE) ALLEGATION THAT THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY (CPA) THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS MASSIVE PROJECTS BRING PROCESSED BY THE CPA INVESTIGATING A COMPLAINT LODGED BY THE FOE DEVELOPMENT OF A GOLF COURSE AT SHA LO TUNG TERRITORIES LANDFILL, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE COMMISSIONER HAD NOT BEEN MISINFORMED.
**THE ADMINISTRATION HAD INDEED INFORMED COMAC IN MAY 1993 DURING THE INVESTIGATION ABOUT THE TWO PROPOSED PUBLIC UTILITY PROJECTS, NAMELY THE 400KV OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINE FROM BLACK POINT TO TSEUNG KWAN O AND THE HIGH PRESSURE GAS PIPELINE FOR THE NEW AIRPORT, WHICH WILL PASS THROUGH TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK.
SAID.
"THE PUBLIC HAD ALSO BEEN CONSULTED ON THESE TWO PROJECTS,'
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AS REGARDS THE ROUTE 3 COUNTRY PARK SECTION PROJECT, HE SAID THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AT THAT TIME WAS THAT IT WAS UNDER A TUNNEL AND WOULD HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE COUNTRY PARK.
"THE REVISED ROUTE ALIGNMENT PROPOSAL INVOLVING 1.8 HECTARES OF COUNTRY PARK LAND WAS BROUGHT ΤΟ THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD IN AUGUST 1993.
THE
"THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD HAS TAKEN A PRELIMINARY VIEW THAT LAND AFFECTED SHOULD BE EXCISED FROM THE COUNTRY PARK AND TO BE COMPENSATED BY A LARGER AREA OF 4.5 HECTARES OF LAND NEARBY.
"PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN PARK BOUNDARY IS CURRENTLY UNDER WAY BEFORE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL IS SOUGHT TO PROCEED WITH THE BOUNDARY AMENDMENT PROCEDURE, HE SAID.
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ON THE CROSS-BORDER PASSENGER FREIGHT RAIL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "IT IS STILL ONLY A PROPOSAL IN THE RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT STUDY. 11
STATEMENT BY ICAC COMMISSIONER
THE FOLLOWING IS ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE ICAC, A PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ICAC COMMISSIONER, MR BERTRAND DE SPEVILLE:
WE
DO NOT NORMALLY COMMENT ON OPERATIONAL MATTERS BUT WE WISH TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THOSE ALLEGATIONS BY MR ALEX TSUI CONCERNING
MR KY YEUNG AND MRS RITA FAN ARE TOTALLY WITHOUT FOUNDATION. FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE NEVER UNDERTAKEN INVESTIGATIONS PURPOSES.
FOR
POLITICAL
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