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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1978

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ON THE SUGGESTION TO REVIE. DENSITY ZONING POLICY HE PROVISED THAT A REVIEW OF THE VAPIOUS POSSIBILITIES WOULD EE FUT IN HAND STRAIGHT AWAY.

HOWEVER HE POINTED OUT THAT IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO INCREASE DENSITIES ALL ROUND AND SAID: +EY ANY STANDARDS THE URBAN AREAS OF HONG KONG ARE EXCEPTIONALLY OVERCROWDED, ALL TOO OFTEN TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE TEASONABLE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, PARTICULARLY IN THE ZONE 1 AREAS.

+AID IN OTHER AREAS, SUCH AS THE MID-LEVELS, THE EVER INCREASING FLEETS OF OTOR CARS LIMIT THE SCOPE OF ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

+NEVERTHELESS, THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY FOR AN INCREASE IK PLOT RATICS IN SOME SELECTED ZONE 2 AND 3 AREAS AND PERHAPS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW DENSITY ZONE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ZONE 2 AND ZONE 3,+ HE SAID.

TURNING TC BUILDING MANAGEMENT, PR. JONES SAID: +THE PROBLEM OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDING MANAGEMENT IS VERY SERIOUS AND ONE WHICH, UNTIL NOW, HAS NOT BEEK FIRMLY ATTACKED.

+SO I THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT MORE CFFICIAL INTERVENTION IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY IF THE GENERAL URBAN ENVIRONMENT IS TO BE SAVED FROM SERIOUS DETERIORATION.

+ THE EXTENT OF THAT INTERVENTION AND THE OTHER MEASURES WHICH WILL BE NECESSARY TO REINFORCE OWNERS' MANAGEMENT ARE BEING ASSESSED SYSTEMATICALLY, AND I HOPE TO MAKE DEFINITE PROPOSALS IN THE COMING YEAR, MR. JONES SAID.

CONCERNING HAWKER SITUATION IN THE NEW TEPRITORIES, MR. JONES SAID IT IS HOPED THAT THE PROBLEM „ILL BE CONTAINED BY A TWO-PRONGED ATTACK - THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE OFF-STREET FACILITIES IN THE FORM OF MARKETS AND COCKED FOOD CENTRES AND THE ESSENTIAL BACK UP OF AN EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE ON THE GROUND,

HE NOTED THAT IN TSUEN VAN, FOR EXAMPLE, A NE.. MARKET IS BEING BUILT AND ALL EXISTING HAMMERS ILL BE ACCOMMODATEL, INCLUDING OVER 300 UNLICENSED HAWKENG,

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SIMILAR NEW MARKETS ARE BEING PROVIDED IN SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN AND ARE BEING PLANNED FOR STHEP "ARKET TOWNS AITH THE AIR OF ACCOMMODATING THE GREAT MAJORITY OF HAWKERS HO ARE NOW OPERATING ON-STREET, HE SAID.

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT AT PRESENT THE URLAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S NEW TERRITORIES REGION IS OPERATING A GENERAL DUTIES TEAM IN TSUEN AN TO REGULATE HAUKET ACTIVITIES THERE, AND THREE ADDITIONAL TEAMS HAVE ALOC DEE; -PPROVED FOR KWAI CHUNG, TAI PO AND YUEN LONG.

+LATER, FUNDS WILL BE SOUGHT FOR YET THREE MORE TEAMS TO OPERATE RESPECTIVELY IN SHA TIN, TUET. MUY AND IN THE SAI KUNG AND ISLANDS DISTRICTS,+ 15. JÕNES SAID.

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