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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1990

FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE

THIS URBAN

"IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BROAD RESTRUCTURING, THE METROPLAN IS DRAWN UP," HE Added.

FINAL

WAS OPTION

STILL REMAINED TO BRING PLACK IN ONE OF THE

ALTHOUGH THE

RECOMMENDED METROPLAN BEING WORKED OUT WITHIN GOVERNMENT, THE BROAD AIM ABOUT A BETTER ORGANISED, MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE DESIRABLE WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK AND URBAN RENEWAL WAS GOING TO BE MAJOR KEYS IN ACHIEVING THIS, HE SAID.

WAS

STANDARD

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LDC) FORMED IN JANUARY 1988 WITH THE PRIMARY AIM OF IMPROVING THE OF HOUSING AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG THROUGH URBAN RENEWAL.

ON URBAN SO FAR, HE SAID, THE LDC HAD COMPLETED THREE STUDIES

OLDEST URBAN AREAS, DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES COVERING THREE OF THE NAMELY THE MONG KOK AND YAU MA TEI AREA, THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN

HUNG THREE COVERING AS WELL AS THE WAN CHAI AREA WHILE ANOTHER AND MA TAU KOK, SHAM SHUI PO AS WELL AS SHAU KEI WAN HAD COMPLETED.

YET TO

MEANWHILE, EIGHT JOINT VENTURE PROJECTS AT VARIOUS PLANNING DESIGN STAGES WERE BEING ACTIVELY PURSUED BY THE CORPORATION, ADDED.

LIVING

RENEWAL WAS

ΤΟ MBANT

URBAN DEVELOPED

MR

ARBA

HOM

BB

OR

LAN

HE SAID THAT WHILE URBAN

UPGRADE THE

OF THE ENVIRONMENT

OLDER

AREA, THE

WHICH MIGHT IMPLEMENTATION OF

LEAD TO GRIEVANCES AMONG AFFECTED DUE CARB AT RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY WHEN THEIR CONCERNS WERE NOT GIVEN AN EARLY STAGE.

"THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES

HE SAID. ADMINISTRATION CERTAINLY HAS A ROLE TO PLAY,"

"IN

CNTA FᎪᏨᎢ .

REGARDS ITSELF A9 A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE LOCALS AND GOVERNMENT.

BRIDGE

TO PROMOTE

THAT "THE SIMPLE AIM IS TO ENSURE

GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION IS PEOPLE

AND CONCERNED, CLEARLY EXPLAINED TO THE

THE LATTER'S VIEWS CAN BE FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT

ANY WHEN FINALISING REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS.

THAT

IN

AND

"THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED, FIRST BY CLOSELY INVOLVING OURSELVES

AND SECONDLY, BY GIVING THE PLANNING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS EVERY POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE IN ARRANGING NECESSARY CONSULTATION BRIEFING SESSIONS TO LOCAL BODIES CONCERNED,

H

HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT DISTRICT OFFICES WERE PLANNING PROCESS OF REDEVELOPMENT DURING WHICH LOCAL CONCERNS WERE REFLECTED.

CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THE PROJECTS IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS

LOCAL VIEWS

WERE

ALSO SOUGHT WHENEVER

APPLICABLE

DIRECTLY

THROUGH THE DISTRICT BOARDS OR AREA COMMITTEES, HE SAID.

AMONG OTHER ISSUES WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO CNTA

REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR

THE QUESTIONS OF COMPENSATION AND URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS,

/"THE BASIC

ARB

LDC'S