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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1990

POSTPONEMENT OF TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL

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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE FIRST READING OF THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 7 IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST BY THE HEUNG YRE KUK FOR MORE TIME TO EXPLAIN THE BILL TO THE RURAL COMMUNITY.

"IT WOULD ALSO PERMIT THE GOVERNMENT ΤΟ GIVE MORE EXAMINATIONS ΤΟ PUBLIC REPRESENTATIONS IN RESPONSE CONSULTATION DOCUMENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

DETAILED то THE

INTERIM DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREA PLANS PUBLISHED

THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE GAZETTING OF SIX MORE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREA (IDPA) PLANS FOR THE NORTH AND SAI KUNG DISTRICTS.

THE PLANS COMPRISE MAN UK PIN, LUK KENG AND WO HANG, PAK

KONG, SHA KOK MEI, HEBE HAVEN AND TSENG LAN SHUE. THEY COVER A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 1,980 HECTARES.

ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, SINCF THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 WAS GAZETTED ON JULY 27 THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 30 IDPA PLANS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED INCLUDING THOSE ANNOUNCED TODAY.

UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT} BILL 1990, DEVELOPMENT IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE PLANS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE TOWN PLANNING

{ AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE.

IN RESPECT OF THE IDPA PLANS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY, THE MAN UK PIN, LUK KENG AND WO HANG AREAS ARE LINKED WITH FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN AND SHA TAU KOK BY SHA TAU KOK ROAD..

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT WITH THE UPGRADING OF SHA TAU KOK ROAD AND IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY OF THE AREAS, PRESSURE FOR DEVELOPMENT WOULD BECOME IMMINENT.

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF PUBLISHING THE IDPA PLANS FOR THESE AREAS WAS TO IMPOSE PROPER LAND USE PLANNING CONTROL FOR PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

PAK KONG, SHA KOK MET, HEDA HAVEN AND TSENG LAN SHUE ARE SITUATED NOT FAR AWAY FROM EAST KOWLOON AND THUS HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE MAIN URBAN AREAS.

GOOD

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