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FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1976
TOWN PLANNING AND PROPERTY OWNERS ******
TOWN PLANNING IN HONG KONG IS NOT AS RIGID AS IT IS OFTEN MADE OUT TO BE AND THERE ARE VARIOUS AVENUES OPEN TO OWNERS OF PROPERTY AFFECTED BY TOWN PLANS TO SEEK VARIATION FROM THE ZONING PLANS PREPARED BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD.
THIS WAS UNDERLINED BY MR. CHAMSON CHAU, GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, IN A LUNCHEON SPEECH TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON NORTH TODAY.
MR. CHAU SAID P.W.D. TOWN PLANNERS MADE EVERY EFFORT TO AVOID USING FULLY DEVELOPED PRIVATE PROPERTIES FOR PUBLIC USES, BUT INEVITABLY SOME PRIVATE LAND HAD TO BE ACQUIRED TO OBTAIN SUITABLE LAND FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY PURPOSES AND OPEN SPACES.
THIS WAS UNAVOIDABLE IN A SMALL PLACE LIKE HONG KONG WHERE SUITABLE LAND FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WAS LIMITED, AND YET HAD TO BE FOUND TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE EXPANDING POPULATION,
IN 1974, MR. CHAU SAID, HONG KONG'S POPULATION STOOD AT 4.3 MILLION AND WAS EXPECTED TO RISE TO 4.8 MILLION BY 1981 AND TO 5.8 MILLION BY 1991.
+THIS IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE A YEAR, AND THE RESULTING PRESSURES OF ALL KINDS FOR LAND ARE THUS ENORMOUS.
+THIS IS THE DIFFICULT JOB OF THE TOWN PLANNER TO SEE TO IT THAT ENOUGH LAND IS SET ASIDE TO MEET THE POPULATION'S NEED,+
UNDER THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE, HE SAID, THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD AFTER HAVING PREPARED A TOWN PLAŃ MAY RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL RESUMPTION OF ANY LAND INTERFERING WITH ITS
PLAN.
HOWEVER, ANY DRAFT PLAN PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD AND WHICH IT DEEMED SUITABLE FOR SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, MUST BY LAW BE EXHIBITED FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION FOR TWO MONTHS, AND THE HOURS AND PLACE MUST BE ADVERTISED ONCE A WEEK IN THE NEWSPAPERS AS WELL AS .THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
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+DURING THIS PERIOD, ANY PERSON AFFECTED BY THE DRAFT PLAN MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN OBJECTIONS TO ANYTHING APPEARING IN THE DRAFT PLAN, INCLUDING THE NOTES PERTAINING TO THE USES OF THE VARIOUS ZONES OUTLINED IN THE PLAN.
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