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SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1988

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KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING

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THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON MONDAY (APRIL 25) TO REVIEW THE TERRITORY-WIDE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS CONDUCTED LAST MONTH.

MEMBERS WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT AN EXTRAVAGANZA TO LAUNCH THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN IN MAY, AN APPEAL DAY, AND A RADIO MUSICAL PROGRAMME ON THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE 2.30 PM IN THE NO. 2 COMMITTEE ROOM, CHAMBERS, EDINBURGH PLACE, HONG KONG. TO ASSIST.

MEETING WHICH WILL START AT FOURTH FLOOR, URBAN COUNCIL GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND

POSITIVE STEPS TO REDEVELOP NORTH MARKET TOWNS

THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING POSITIVE STEPS TO CREATE A FAVOURABLE CLIMATE AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE WITH A VIEW TO STIMULATING REDEVELOPMENT OF LUEN WO HUI AND SHEK WU HUI. THE TRADITIONAL MARKET TOWNS IN FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI RESPECTIVELY.

THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID THIS AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTH-TERM OFFICE BEARERS OF THE SHEK WU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.

MR CHEUNG SAID THAT FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS DISTRICT BOARD, A REVISED DRAFT FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI PLAN WAS GAZETTED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.

WITH THE NORTH OUTLINE ZONING

"AS DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO 'HUIS' RELIES ON LOCAL PRIVATE INVESTMENT, THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD CONSIDERS IT UNDESIRABLE ΤΟ CONTINUE THE SIX-STOREY HEIGHT RESTRICTION CURRENTLY IMPOSED UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, WHICH WILL STIFLE REDEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, HE SAID.

"TO ENCOURAGE AMALGAMATION OF SITES FOR BETTER BUILDING FORMS AND MORE ECONOMIC SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED ΤΟ RELAX THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF BUILDINGS IN THE TWO 'HUIS' HE ADDED.

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