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MONDAY, JULY 3. 1989

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ENCOURAGING RESPONSE ON RURAL PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENT

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INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN A CONSULTATIVE (RPIS) FROM DOCUMENT ON THE RURAL PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY

ENCOURAGING. ACCORDING TO BODIES WHO WILL BE MOST AFFECTED HAS BEEN THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU.

THE NEW TERRITORIES THE DOCUMENT, ISSUED AN INTEREST IN THE DISTRICT COUNCIL,

VILLAGE

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF ROTARY CLUB THIS (MONDAY) EVENING, MR HSU SAID ON MAY 4. WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE

HEUNG

REGIONAL THE

KUK. YEE STRATEGY, SUCH AS

COMMITTEES RURAL TERRITORIES, NEW THE

AND

BOARDS

IN REPRESENTATIVES.

WHILE THE BROAD

PRINCIPLES

OF

STRATEGY THE

WERE

GENERALLY

OF AND THAT THE LAND PRIVATE

HAD TO BE

UPON

WELCOMED, MR HSU NOTED THAT IT HAD BEEN STRESSED THAT THE INTEREST

NOT BE INFRINGED PRIVATE

SHOULD LANDOWNERS

IF GOVERNMENT MUST BE FAIR AND REASONABLE RESUMED IN THE COURSE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY.

SAID

EXPLAINING THE NEED FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE

THAT

IN

RECENT

YEARS

RPIS, MR HSU INCREASED

BEEN

URBAN FRINGE WERE

THERE HAD ALTHOUGH INVESTMENT IN THE RURAL AREAS. FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENT AND LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMMES, THESE INVESTMENTS FAR FROM SUFFICIENT.

IS "UNLESS THERE

SUBSTANTIAL

INVESTMENT

BETTER LAND MANAGEMENT BETTER PLANNING AND

WILL THERE THAT

BE EVIDENT DIFFICULT TO SEE ENVIRONMENT OF THE RURAL AREAS.

IMPROVEMENT

IN INFRASTRUCTURE,

BE WILL CONTROL,

IN THE

IT

"THE

THAT CONSIDERS MORE INVESTMENTS

THE EXISTING IN THE RURAL

THEREFORE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES SHOULD BE EXPANDED. WITH AREAS, HE SAID.

*T

OF ELEMENTS

THE RPIS

A

AND

A

MR HSU OUTLINED THE THREE BASIC RURAL IMPROVEMENT WORKS PROGRAMME. LAND USE PLANS AND POLICIES NEW ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY.

OVER 10 YEARS, THE WORKS PROGRAMME, COSTING ABOUT $4 BILLION

AND POLLUTION CONTROL WOULD GIVE PRIORITY TO FLOOD PROTECTION

LAND FOR VILLAGE MEASURES : IMPROVED VILLAGE ACCESS, EXPANSION; AND THE PROVISION OF OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES.

SERVICED

DEVELOPMENT

STEERING

GROUP

ΤΟ COMPRISING AND NEW

BE

MR HSU ADDED THAT A RURAL

AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIRECTOR

TERRITORY CHAIRED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE CITY TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK, WOULD BE SET UP.

THE STEERING GROUP IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RPIS.

WOULD

MONITOR

THE

PLANNING

THE DISTRICT

AND

OVERALL