FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980
+THE THOUGHT PROBABLY APPALS BUT I THINK THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH I SEE, IS FAR WORSE AND THAT IS THE PROLIFERATION OF TEMPORARY USERS, AND A GRADUAL IN-FILLING OF VILLAGE HOUSES SO THAT THERE WILL BE LITTLE LAND LEFT THAT IS NOT COVERED WITH HOUSES, HUTS AND THE DETRITUS OF THE TOWNS.
SPEAKING OF TOWN DEVELOPMENTS, MR AKERS-JONES SAID: +WE ARE NOW MUCH MORE CONSCIOUS OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND LANDSCAPING FACTORS DURING THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF OUR TOWNS ESTATES AND BUILDINGS, BUT THIS CONCERN IS ALL TOO OFTEN DISSIPATED BY OUR INABILITY TO CONTROL SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO BUILDINGS WHICH RUIN THE CAREFUL THOUGHT WHICH WENT INTO THE IR CONCEPTION.
+I BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG GREATLY WELCOME THE IMPROVED ENVIRONMENT WE ARE CREATING AND THAT THE MAJORITY ALSO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF PROPERTY DEVELOPERS WHO SHOW A GREATER CONCERN FOR THE SUBSEQUENT LIFE OF THE BUILDING, BY INSISTING ON GOOD MANAGEMENT AND EFFECTIVE DEEDS OF MUTUAL COVENANT, AND BY INCORPORATING IN THEIR BUILDINGS FROM THE START THOSE FEATURES WHICH WILL INHIBIT MISUSE AND ABUSE.
+ IT SEEMS POINTLESS TO ME TO BUILD ELEGANT PODIUM STRUCTURES IF THE PODIUM IS IMMEDIATELY COVERED WITH TIN SHEET AND ASBESTOS.
+SURELY IT IS NOT BEYOND OUR CAPABILITIES BY COLLECTIVE EFFORT AND SPECIAL IST KNOWLEDGE TO PREVENT THIS DETERIORATION BY ONE MEANS OR ANOTHER?+ HE ASKED.
ON DECENTRALISING ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES TO NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AKERS-JONES SAID HE WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT POSSIBLE A FEW YEARS AGO THAT THERE WOULD BE TODAY EIGHT SOLICITORS' OFFICES IN YUEN LONG.
+BUT SHOULD WE NOT BE THINKING MORE POSITIVELY ABOUT DECENTRAL IS ING SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES OF BOTH GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO THE TOWNS OF SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN?+
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OFFICE BLOCK AT SHA TIN RATHER BIGGER THAN THE HOPEWELL CENTRE WAS A HEALTHY SIGN.
THIS PROCESS OF DECENTRALISATION COULD BE ASSISTED BY MORE VIGOROUS INTRODUCTION OF MODERN TOOLS TO TRANSMIT INFORMATION.
A COMPUTERISATION OF LAND RECORDS WITH ON-LINE RECEIVERS IN ESTATE AND LAWYERS' OFFICES MIGHT BE OF VALUE IN HONG KONG IF THERE WERE ENOUGH DEMAND AND SUPPORT FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HE SAID.
+THIS IS NOT AN UNTRIED SYSTEM IT IS IN OPERATION ELSEWHERE.
+ IT WOULD SAVE TIME, CUT DOWN MOVEMENT BETWEEN OFFICES AND WOULD SIMPLIFY THE CHECKING OF AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX LOAD OF
INFORMATION.
+ IT WOULD ALSO MAKE DECENTRALISATION A MUCH MORE PRACTICAL PROPOSITION, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
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