SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1984
DR PRYOR, PREVIOUSLY GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING UNIT, SAID THAT THE CONTINUED ROLE OF HONG KONG AS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR FINANCE AND BUSINESS AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND AS AN ENTREPOT WOULD PROMOTE ITS FURTHER GROWTH IN THE LONG TERM.
+STRATEGIC PLANNING IS SEEN TO BE AN ON-GOING PROCESS AND, TAKING ACCOUNT OF CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES, DEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITIES UP TO AND BEYOND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY WILL BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW WITH THE CONTINUED INTENTION TO MAKE SOUNDLY-BASED INVESTMENT DECISIONS TO SUSTAIN HONG KONG'S LONG-TERM GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.
THE THIRD SPEAKER WAS GOVERNMENT ENGINEER DR Y.L. CHOI WHO DESCRIBED THE LAND USE-TRANSPORTATION OPTIMISATION TECHNIQUE AND ITS APPLICATION IN HONG KONG,
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE TECHNIQUE WAS A NEW ONE DEVELOPED FOR SELECTING DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES FROM THE PROPOSALS MADE IN THE SUB-REGIONAL STUDIES.
+THE SPECIAL FEATURE OF THIS NEW TECHNIQUE IS THAT IT ENABLES THE INTEGRATION OF LAND USE PLANNING AND TRANSPORT PLANNING.
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+ IN URBAN PLANNING, USUALLY SEVERAL PLANNING OBJECTIVES HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED WHICH ARE NOT GENERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER.
+THIS GIVES RISE TO DIFFICULTY IN SELECTING THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WHICH HAS TO BE APPROPRIATE TO ALL OBJECTIVES, HE SAID.
ANOTHER DIFFICULTY IN LONG-TERM PLANNING WAS THE INEVITABLE UNCERTAINTY OF SUCH DATA AS GDP GROWTH AND CAR OWNERSHIP. THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TO BE FORMULATED HAD TO BE VALID UNDER A WIDE RANGE OF INPUT CONDITIONS.
DR CHOI SAID THAT USING A SPECIAL MODEL AND THE COMMON- COMPONENT+ APPROACH, BOTH THESE DIFFICULTIES COULD BE EASILY OVERCOME AND AN INTEGRATED, FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DEVISED.
HE SAID THAT THE TECHNIQUE WAS BEING FURTHER APPLIED TO REFINE THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE BETTER COORDINATION OF THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES FOR THE EFFICIENT UTILISATION OF LIMITED RESOURCES.
THIS WAS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN A CONSTANTLY CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES, HE ADDED.
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