MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1994
THE TOTAL FLOOR
AREAS TAKEN UP WERE
ESTIMATED ΤΟ BE 121 SQUARE METRES
1.73
PER
MILLION SQUARE METRES AT AN AVERAGE OF ESTABLISHMENT; AND THE TOTAL WORKFORCE OF THE WHOLESALE INDUSTRY WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 96,000 AT AN AVERAGE OF 6.7 PERSONS ENGAGED PER ESTABLISHMENT.
THE FOUR LARGEST INDUSTRY GROUPS UNDER THE WHOLESALE BUSINESS SECTOR ARE CONSUMER GOODS; CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS; FOODSTUFFS; AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES.
IT
IS FOUND THAT WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE NOT CAUSING ANY MAJOR UNDESIRABLE IMPACTS ON THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
THE MOST COMMON IMPACTS ARE OBSTRUCTION TO COMMON AREAS IN BUILDINGS AND INTERNAL CIRCULATION SPACE, OBSTRUCT ON ΤΟ PEDWAY, POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD AND SOLID WASTE ACCUMULATION.
HOWEVER, ONLY IN LESS THAN 20 PER CENT OF THE CASES ARE THESE IMPACTS CONSIDERED SEVERE OR MODERATE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE WHOLESALE INDUSTRY IS OPERATING SATISFACTORILY IN THE PRESENT MANNER IN LOCATIONAL TERMS.'
THERE APPEARS ΤΟ BE NO IMMINENT PLANNING NEED TO CONFINE WHOLESALERS TO ONE OR PARTICULAR DISTRICT EXCEPT FOR THE FRESH FOODSTUFFS GROUP WHICH IS OPERATING UNDER A DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK.
THE
THE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL NATURE OF WHOLESALE ‘OPERATIONS AND DIVERSITY OF ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN POINT TO THE FACT THAT WHOLESALING SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS A SINGLE DISCRETE LAND USE PËR SE BUT A RANGE OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.
A VARIETY OF ACCOMMODATION TYPES ARE, THEREFORE, MEET THE DEMANDS OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIFIC OPERATIONS.
REQUIRED ΤΟ
WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE ALSO CATEGORISED INTO TWO BROAD TYPES, NAMELY WHOLESALE-INDUSTRIAL AND WHOLESALE-COMMERCIAL.
ARE
APPROPRIATE PARKING AND LOADING/UNLOADING REQUIREMENTS RECOMMENDED TO HELP RELIEVE THE PROBLEMS OF ON-STREET PARKING AND LOADING/UNLOADING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS.
HAVING REVIEWED THE EXISTING STATUTORY ZONINGS AND POLICIES, IT IS CONCLUDED THAT WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE QUITE WELL CATERED FOR UNDER THE EXISTING PLANNING FRAMEWORK.
OF
THE CURRENT LAND USE ZONINGS HAVE CLEARLY ALLOWED FOR A HIGH DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF ACCOMMODATING THE VARIOUS FORMS WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS.
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