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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1977

+EUT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS, AND THE LARGE SUMS OF MONEY THE GOVERNMENT 13 SPENDING ON MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA, THIS SITUATION CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE UNCHECKED.

+IN YUEN LONG, FOR EXAMPLE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS EARMARKED 1500 MILLION TO DEVELOP THE TOWN OVER THE NEXT DECADE AS A MODERN AND SELF-CONTAINED MARKET TOWN,+

MR. TAYLOR ADDED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE RECENT SURVEY WAS TO PROVIDE A BASELINE FOR FUTURE CONTROL AND THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE TEMPORARY STRUCTURES SURVEYED WOULD BE ISSUED WITH VARIOUS FORMS OF WRITTEN AUTHORITY BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO GIVE THEM A FORM OF OFFICIAL RECOGNITION.

+THOSE THAT ARE FOUND ENVIRONMENTALLY UNSUITABLE WILL HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED, HE SAID. +AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE AGRICULTURAL LAND NOW BEING USED FOR SOME OTHER PURPOSE THAT IS CAUSING POLLUTION AND OTHER UNFAVOURABLE EFFECTS ON THE NEIGHBOUR ING AREA.

+ IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD TAKE FURTHER STEPS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND THIS WILL BE GIVEN HIGH PRIORITY.

+ IN ADDITION, MANY SQUATTERS, AND INDEED LAND OWNERS THEMSELVES, HAVE SET UP ILLEGAL INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONCERNS THAT PROVIDE UNFAIR COMPETITION TO THOSE LEGITIMATE OPERATORS WHO HAVE ACQUIRED INDUSTRIAL LAND THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS. +

TO AID THE CAMPAIGN, THE NEW TERRITORIES

ADMINISTRATION IS PREPARING A PAMPHLET POINTING OUT THE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF, AND EXTENSIONS TO, STRUCTURES AND PARTICULARLY EMPHASISING THE NEED TO OBTAIN PRIOR PERMISSION FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICER BEFORE COMMENCING ANY WORK, HE SAID.

+THIS INFORMATION PAMPHLET WILL BACK UP THE EFFORTS OF OUR FIELD STAFF WHO ISSUE ON-THE-SPOT WARNINGS TO PEOPLE WHO MAY BE IN BREACH OF THE LAW, HE SAID.

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