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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1988

MR SAUNDERS EXPLAINED THAT METROPLAN WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE SUB-REGIONAL PLANNING STATEMENT FOR THE METROPOLITAN AREA WHICH INCLUDED BONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON, TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI.

"THE PURPOSE OF THE PLANNING STATEMENT IS TO SET GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR THIS," HE SAID.

"THE DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT CAPACITY BETWEEN THE NEW THE METROPOLITAN AREA IS BEING STUDIED IN THE CONTEXT OF COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY (CTS-2), WHICH WILL PRODUCE

OF TRANSPORT NETWORKS AND SERVICES TO MEET TERRITORY-WIDE TRAVEL NEEDS UP TO THE YEAR 2001.

PLAN

DOWN THE AREA, AND

TOWNS AND THE SECOND AN UPDATED PREDICTED

"THE METROPLAN STUDY WILL TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE TRANSPORT FRAMEWORK DERIVED FROM CTS-2 1N RECOMMENDING LAND-USE PATTERNS FOR THE METROPOLITAN AREA, MR SAUNDERS SAID.

"

THE

METROPLAN WOULD DECENTRALISATION OF JOBS IN PARTICULARLY FROM HEAVILY CONGESTED AND

REGARDING JOB OPPORTUNITIES, MR SAUNDERS SAID EXPLORE THE SCOPE FOR ENCOURAGING MANUFACTURING OBSOLETE INDUSTRIAL ZONES.

INDUSTRY,

"HOWEVER," HE SAID, "IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THE METROPOLITAN AREA WILL FOR SOME YEARS TO COME REMAIN THE CENTRE FOR MAJOR BUSINESS AT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES, ALTHOUGH 'SATELLITE' DEVELOPMENTS COULD OCCUR LOCATIONS WHERE IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY IS LIKELY TO OCCUR.'

WAS AS REGARDS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, MR SAUNDERS SAID IT

THE THE AIM OF METROPLAN TO FOLLOW AS FAR AS POSSIBLE

STANDARDS NOW APPLICABLE TO THE NEW TOWNS IN THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

HE ON "CONSISTENCY" BETWEEN METROPLAN AND THE NEW TOWNS,

SAID METROPOLITAN BOTH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE

AREA AND

AND THE CONTINUED STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWNS FORMED PART OF THE IDENTIFIED BY THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (TDS) STUDY.

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IS THAT "INDEED, ONE OF THE PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS OF METROPLAN

CURRENT POPULATION IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA WILL BE KEPT AT ABOUT THE

POPULATION TAKEN UP IN LEVEL OF 4.2 MILLION, WITH ANY INCREASES IN THE NEW TOWNS EXCEPT TSUEN WAN/KWAI CHUNG/TSING YI.

"THE NEED FOR COMPATIBILITY OF DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE

IN TERRITORY IS KEPT FIRMLY

MIND IN FUTURE UPDATING OF THE PREPARATION OF

PROGRAMMES,

FRAMEWORK AND

SAUNDERS SAID.

THE IN

DEVELOPMENT

TDS

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MR

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