THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1984
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MR CHAN SAID THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAD IN THE PAST BEEN GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPRESS VIEWS ON VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE MEETING WOULD BE BRIEFED LATER ON THE CENTRAL AND MID-LEVELS TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS STUDY AND CONSULTATION TOOK PLACE ON VARIOUS OTHER LARGE DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AFFECTING THE DISTRICT SUCH AS THOSE ON HARBOUR RECLAMATIONS AND URBAN GROWTH, URBAN RENEWAL AND LAND DEVELOPMENT.
ON THE HARBOUR RECLAMATIONS AND URBAN GROWTH STUDY, MR CHAN SAID IT WAS A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE URBAN AREA.
+ IT WOULD HAVE MANY FAR-REACHING EFFECTS ON CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT AND FORM AN ESSENTIAL PART OF FUTURE STRATEGIC PLANNING IF IMPLEMENTED.
+THEREFORE, THERE MUST BE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL VIEWS ARE HEARD ON THE PROPOSALS BEFORE FINAL DECISIONS ARE REACHED ON THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, HE SAID.
MOREOVER, HE SAID, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS COULD ALWAYS EXPRESS VIEWS THROUGH THEIR OWN PLANS AND WORKS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AND THEIR PRIORITY, AND ALSO ON STATUTORY PLANS AND OUTLINE DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
MR CHAN SAID THE TIMING OF CONSULTING THE DISTRICT BOARDS WAS IMPORTANT, BUT IT MIGHT BE PREMATURE TO DO THIS BEFORE PROJECTS HAD RECEIVED PRIOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN INTERESTED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD NOT, THEREFORE, FEEL DISAPPOINTED AT NOT HAVING A CHANCE TC KNOW ABOUT PROJECTS AT THEIR VERY EARLY STAGE OF PLANNING.
HE TOLD BOARD MEMBERS THAT THE LANDS AND WORKS GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED AN ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT IN DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS FOR CO-ORDINATING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, BUT THE VALUABLE AND CONSTRUCTIVE VIEWS OF DISTRICT BOARDS' MEMBERS WOULD BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED BEFORE ANY DECISIONS WERE MADE.
MOST HK BUSINESSMEN ARE HONEST JORDAN
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THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR DOUGLAS JORDAN, TODAY (THURSDAY) DENIED ALLEGATIONS THAT HONG KONG WAS ONE OF THE TERRITORIES MANUFACTURING FAKE COMPONENTS FOR CARS AND AIRCRAFT.
ADDRESSING THE DINNER MEETING OF THE KIWANIS CLUB, MR JORDAN STRESSED THERE WAS +ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE+ THAT SUCH PARTS WERE MADE IN HONG KONG.
HE SAID THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF HONG KONG'S BUSINESSMEN WERE HONEST AND WERE NOT INVOLVED IN COUNTERFEITING OPERATIONS.
/+BOUT OUR
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