WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1978
MR. JONES EMPHASISED THAT THE PRESENT DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES, PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW TOWNS, WOULD BE PRODUCING LAND FOR ALL PURPOSES OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AT A GREATER RATE THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN HONG KONG'S HISTORY.
+DETAILED STUDIES ARE ALSO IN HAND WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE BASIC INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR AN ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH LANTAU WHEN THIS IS NEEDED - AND THE MACHINERY WILL BE THERE TO KEEP ALL OPTIONS UNDER CONTINUING REVIEW, HE SAID.
MR. JONES ASSURED THAT THE STUDIES INCLUDED THE ENGINEER ING FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A REPLACEMENT AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND ALL THE CONSEQUENCES OF SO DOING, INCLUDING THE FUTURE USE OF THE LAND WHICH WOULD THEN BE RELEASED AT KAI TAK, POSSIBLE FURTHER RECLAMATIONS AND SO ON.
TURNING TO LAND ADMINISTRATION, MR, JONES POINTED OUT THAT GOVERNMENT'S PROCEDURES FOR SELLING LAND IN ORDER TO REDUCE SPECULATION AND TO ENSURE THAT LAND WAS USED TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE HAD BEEN KEPT UNDER REVIEW.
HE SAID THE TERMS FOR THE PAYMENT OF PREMIUM FOR EXPENSIVE SITES WERE AMENDED A FEW MONTHS AGO TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASED DOWN PAYMENT OF PREMIUM, AND THE WHOLE QUESTION OF INSTALMENTS OF PREMIA IS NOW BEING FURTHER EXAMINED.+
ON POLLUTION, MR. JONES SAID THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDER ING THE FORM OF CONTROLS WHICH SHOULD BE IMPOSED ON BOTH OLD AND NEW POLLUTING INDUSTRIES.
HE POINTED OUT THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF CERTAIN LIMITED AREAS WOULD BE STARTED SHORTLY TO SEE WHETHER THE INTRODUCTION OF POLLUTING INDUSTRIES WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
IF SO, HE SAID, THOSE AREAS WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE A SPECIAL VALUE FOR INDUSTRIES SUCH AS DYEING FACTORIES AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY FOR HONG KONG,
ON TRANSPORT, MR. JONES SAID THE WHITE PAPER ON TRANSPORT POLICY WOULD SHORTLY BE TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE WHITE PAPER WOULD CONTAIN EVIDENCE OF THE VERY CONSIDERABLE PLANNING EFFORT WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING INTO THIS VITAL FIELD AND OF THE VERY SIGNIFICANT NEW DEVELOPMENTS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO COME TO FRUITION IN THE EIGHTIES, HE ADDED.
+AT PRESENT, + MR. JONES SAID, WE ARE IN THE DARKEST HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN BUT, WITHIN TWO YEARS FROM NOW WHEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL AND ITS ASSOCIATED ELEVATED ROAD CONNECTIONS ARE OPEN, WE SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE SOME REAL IMPROVEMENTS.+
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