TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1994
12
DEVELOPMENT STATEMENTS FOR THREE METRO DISTRICTS COMPLETED
SENIOR GOVERNMENT
PLANNERS
TODAY
THE
BRIEFED (TUESDAY) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'S LANDS AND WORKS PANEL ON THE RECENTLY COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT STATEMENTS FOR WEST KOWLOON, SOUTH EAST KOWLOON AND WAN/KWAI TSING.
TSUEN
FOR PLANNING, THE PLANNING DR TED
SECRETARY THE BRIEFING WAS GIVEN BY THE DEPUTY ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS (LAND POLICY), MR CANICE MAK, AND DEPARTMENT'S PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER (TERRITORIAL),
PRYOR.
THE EXPLAINING
BACKGROUND OF THE PREPARATION OF THESE DEVELOPMENT STATEMENTS, DR PRYOR SAID IN SEPTEMBER 1991, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAD APPROVED METROPLAN AS A LAND USE-TRANSPORT-ENVIRONMENTAL
THE METRO AREA OF HONG PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR RESTRUCTURING ISLAND, KOWLOON, NEW KOWLOON AND TSUEN WAN.
KONG
AND
IN
"MANY PARTS OF THE METRO AREA HAVE BECOME OBSOLETE
DISTRICTS
RESTRUCTURED SHOULD BE METROPLAN ENVISAGES THAT SUCH
IN WEST KOWLOON, ASSOCIATION WITH DEVELOPMENTS ON NEW RECLAMATIONS
WAN CHAI, GREEN ISLAND, HUNG HOM BAY, SOUTH EAST KOWLOON, CENTRAL ALDRICH BAY AND TSUEN WAN BAY.
"DEVELOPMENT STATEMENTS
ARE, THEREFORE, BEING PRODUCED FOR
THE TRANSLATE
BROAD METROPLAN EACH OF THE SEVEN METRO DISTRICTS TO
BE USED CONCEPTS INTO MORE SPECIFIC OUTLINE PROPOSALS WHICH CAN THEN
BASIS FOR DETAILED PLANNING AND
HE AS A
IMPLEMENTATION,"
SAID.
PROJECT
THE THREE
DEVELOPMENT STATEMENTS
THE
то PRESENTED PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
LEGCO TODAY OF THE
SERVE AS FRAMEWORKS TO GUIDE THREE BROAD DISTRICTS UP TO 2001.
ENVIRONMENTAL
THEY DESCRIBE THE MAJOR LAND USES, TRANSPORT AND PROBLEMS AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED IN THE RESPECTIVE METRO DISTRICTS.
OF
RESPECT IMPROVEMENTS,
THEY ALSO STATE THE SECTORAL PLANNING PROPOSALS IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, URBAN RENEWAL, TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, URBAN DESIGN, LANDSCAPE AND RECREATION.
LAND
MEANWHILE, THE STATEMENTS USE TYPES, PARAMETERS FOR
PROVIDE GUIDELINES IN RESPECT DEVELOPMENT INTENSITIES AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT AREAS FOR WHICH DETAILED LAYOUT OR REDEVELOPMENT
OF
PROPOSALS WILL NEED TO BE PREPARED.
"THESE STATEMENTS WILL, WHERE APPROPRIATE,
SERVE AS A BASIS
FOR PREPARING OR REVISING OUTLINE ZONING PLANS AND OTHER TOWN PLANS.
PLANNING
AND OR REDEVELOPMENT AREAS,
"THEY ALSO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR DETAILED PROGRAMMING FOR THE DESIGNATED DEVELOPMENT DR PRYOR ADDED.
/DISTRICT BOARDS