THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1994
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THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH HONG KONG DID NOT MAKE PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES OR IMPORT STOCKS COMMERCIALLY, IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT AVIATION CENTRE THAT WAS POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE то TERRORISM AGAINST AIRCRAFT.
"THE NEW MEASURES WILL BE A VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE RANGE OF COUNTER-TERRORIST INSTRUMENTS, HE SAID.
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THE BILL IS EXPECTED TO BE COUNCIL ON JUNE 1.
INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE
ASSESSMENT OF LAND REQUIREMENTS AND SUPTLY DISCUSSED
THE
LAND AND BUILDING ADVISORY DISCUSSED (THURSDAY)
THE ASSESSMENT OF LAND SUPPLY FOR 1993/94 2002/03.
COMMITTEE
[LBAC)
REQUIREMENTS
TODAY AND LAND
CHAIRED BY MR CHENG HON-KWAN, THE COMMITTEE WAS INFORMED THERE WOULD BE SURPLUS IN THE LAND SUPPLY
COMMUNITY (GIC)
INSTITUTION AND
GOVERNMENT, THROUGHOUT THE ASSESSMENT PERIOD.
SOME
THAT
FOR OFFICE, INDUSTRIAL,
AND OPEN SPACE
USES
REQUIREO
OTHER
INDUSTRIAL AND
NOT GIC AREAS
FOR IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT ARE PUT UNDER TEMPORARY USES OR BEING RE-ZONED FOR USES, FOR EXAMPLE, RESIDENTIAL.
LAND IN MIGHT CREATE
MEMBERS NOTED THAT PIECEMEAL REZONING OF INDUSTRIAL FOR AREAS
USES RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL
ESTABLISHED INTERFACE PROBLEMS.
NOTED
FOR
PUBLIC
TRODUCTION
HOUSING THE MARCH PROGRAMME SHOWED A
LAND AND
SUPPLY
THE CONMITTEK
THAT THE SHORTFALL. IDENTIFIED IN THE ASSESSMENT HAD LARGELY BEEN NET BECAUSE 1994 REVIEW OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT MARKED IMPROVEMENT SITUATION.
IN
THE ROUSING
WERE GOOD FURTHERMORE, THE COMMITTEE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE
MADE AVAILABLE PROSPECTS OF AN ADDITIONAL 30 HECTARES OF LAND BEING FOR PUBLIC HOUSING BEFORE 1997 TO MERT LIKELY NEW REQUIREMENTS.
OF THE
FOR PRIVATE HOUSING, A DEFICIT IS EXPECTED AT THE END ASSESSMENT PERIOD. HOWEVER, A CUMULATIVE SURPLES IS EXPECTED WHEN NON- COMMITTED PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED INTO THE LAND SUPPLY.
LAND MR CHENG SAID: "THE CURRENT EFFORTS OF THE TASK FORCE ON
AS SUPPLY AND PROPERTY PRICES TO SPEED UP AND INCREASE LAND SUPPLY SO TO COOL DOWN PROPERTY PRICES HAVE NOT BEEN REFLECTED IN THE RESULTS OF THE ASSESSMENT.
TO WORK OUT A THE TASK FORCE WAS FORMED BY THE GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF MEASURES TO MODERATE PROPERTY PRICES AND WAS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE ITS DELIBERATIONS BY MO-JUNE, MR CHENG NOTED.
/THE ANNUAL
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