WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1978
+SO IT IS CLEAR THAT WE ALSO NEED TO INVESTIGATE URGENTLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF FURTHER INTERNAL SOURCES OF SUPPLY, HE SAID.
ON LAND POLICY, MR. JONES SAID THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE A FORWARD PROGRAMME CF LAND PRODUCTION LOOKING SEVERAL YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
+THE RECENT REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LAND PRODUCTION SHOWS THAT THE EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES THAT ARE NOW IN TRAIN, PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW TOWNS AND BARKET TOWNS, THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES AND RECLAMATIONS IN THE URBAN AREA, WILL PRODUCE, BY PAST STANDARDS, QUITE A GOOD SUPPLY OF LAND FOR BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS OVER THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
+ THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW EVALUATING POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF SUPPLY FOR THE MID-EIGHTIES AND THE VIEWS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE WILL BE SOUGHT ON THESE.
HE SAID ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS PROBABLE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS WILL BECOME PROGRESSIVELY MORE EXPENSIVE, EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM OF LAND PRODUCTION.
ON DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN LANTAU, MR. JONES SAID WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED ON INVESTIGATING THE GEOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY OF LAND FORMATION IN THIS POTENTIALLY VERY LARGE DEVELOPMENT AREA AND PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR LETTING A CONSULTANCY ON THE DESIGN OF A FIXED CROSSING TO THE MAINLAND.
+ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS ON THE MEANS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS CROSSING WILL BE RECEIVED FROM A SHORT LIST OF CONSULTANTS IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY AND, ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT IS DECIDED TO PROCEED, CONSTRUCTION OF THE CROSSING AND THE NECESSARY SUPPORTING ROADS COULD BE COMPLETED EY THE EARLY EIGHTIES, + HE SAID.
MR. JONES ALSO REVEALED THAT WORK IS ALSO IN HAND ON INVESTIGATING OTHER AREAS, A PRIME EXAMPLE BEING JUNK EAY.
REFERRING TO POINTS RAISED BY THE UNOFFICIALS ON SHORT- TERM SUPPLY OF LAND, MR. JONES SAID HE RECOGNISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S SALES PROGRAMME IN-THE IMEDIATE FUTURE IS MOT AS EIG AS IT SHOULD BE, BUT HE STRESSED THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN THE INTENTION TO RATION LAND TO HOLD UP THE PRICE. +RATHER IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO SELL LAND AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.+
TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION AND TIE I WITH THE LAND PRODUCTION PROGRAMME, HE PROPOSED TO SEEK AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH SPECIFIC LAND SALES TARGETS FOR DIFFERENT USES WHICH DEPARTMENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO TEET
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MR. JONES SAID HE HAD ALSO ASKED THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO REVIEW ALL POSSIBLE AYS CF SPEEDING UP THE SALES PROGRAMME IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
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