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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1988

OLDER AREAS OF DISTRICT TAKING ON NEW LOOK

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THE OLDER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT WILL TAKE ON COMPLETELY NEW

THE LOOK IN

NEXT 10 YEARS

OF AS A RESULT COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, SAID THIS FOLLOWING A VISIT TO THE DISTRICT THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

"HOWEVER, REJUVENATION OF AN OLDER PART OF A DISTRICT CAREFUL AND DETAILED PLANNING," HE ADDED.

HE HOPED

THAT THESE

REQUIRES

REDEVELOPMENTS WOULD UPGRADE DISTRICT FACILITIES AND IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT REMOVING ALL THE UNIQUE FEATURES.

THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MR LAN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY FISHER, AND THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR AMBROSE LAU.

OF THE

STEPHEN

WHOLESALE TRADITIONAL AND THEN WALKED THROUGH THE

TRADING

ONE HE FIRST VISITED AREAS IN SHEUNG WAN - NAM PAK HONG NEARBY AREA AROUND QUEEN STREET AND TSUNG SAU LANES.

THIS IS

FIVE AMONG THE CORPORATION (LDC)

DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT.

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AREAS

IDENTIFIED

LAND

BY THE AS SUITABLE FOR COMPREHENSIVE

SING

WING STREET, THE OTHER FOUR AREAS ARE COCHRANE

STREET, SHING LANE. ALL FIVE HAVE BEEN GILMAN STREET AND THIRD STREET/UN

THE TOWN PLANNING DESIGNATED AS COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AREAS BY BOARD.

ONE OF THE EARLIEST DEVELOPED PARTS IN STREET SITE HAS A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 5,450 SQUARE METRES.

HONG KONG, THE QUEEN

PRE-WAR BUILDINGS, WITH A FLOOR LEVEL AND MARKED BY OWING TO

PIECEMEAL UNPLANNED,

IT IS NOW OCCUPIED BY DILAPIDATED NUMBER OF CHINESE HERB STORES AT GROUND CHAOTIC AND NARROW

STREET

PATTERNS

DEVELOPMENT IN EARLIER DECADES.

THE

ᏞᎠᏟ .

IN

CONJUNCTION

WITH

VARIOUS THE SITE

MR LAN WAS TOLD THAT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WAS PREPARING A SCHEME TO REDEVELOP IN A COMPREHENSIVE MANNER.

THIS WOULD OPTIMISE THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES, APART FROM IMPROVING THE LIVING THE AREA AS A WHOLE.

AND INCORPORATE

ENVIRONMENT OF

AREA,

COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT MR LAN LATER WENT TO ANOTHER AT KIN MAN STREET AND CATCHICK STREET IN KENNEDY TOWN.

/CURRENTLY OCCUPIED

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