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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990

THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS HAD BEEN ASKED ΤΟ CONSULT WIDELY WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT, WITH INTERESTED PROFESSIONALS AND

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND REPORT TO HIM BY EARLY NEXT ON HOW PRESENT EFFORTS COULD BE STRENGTHENED, MR BARNES SAID.

ON

YEAR

RURAL PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY, MR BARNES SAID THE PROGRAMME, ESTIMATED LAST YEAR AT AROUND $4

10 BILLION, OVER YEARS, WAS FUNDED то THE EXTENT OF ABOUT $1.5 BILLION ON FLOOD PREVENTION WORKS AND $390 MILLION ON OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS IN THE RURAL AREAS.

HE WOULD LIKE TO EXAMINE WITH THE HEUNG YEE KUK AND OTHER то INTERESTED PARTIES THE EXTENT TO WHICH DEVELOPERS MIGHT CONTRIBUTE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING NEW SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT SCHEME, MR BARNES

ADDED.

TURNING TO THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PADS), BARNES SAID PLANNING FOR THE AIRPORT AND PORT HAD TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF EACH OTHER'S DEMANDS.

MR

THE PADS STUDY, WHICH BEGAN IN 1987 AND WAS COMPLETED LAST YEAR, FIRST BUILT UP A MORE DETAILED PICTURE OF THE LIKELY DEMAND FOR PORT FACILITIES AS A BASIS FOR PORT PLANNING. IT THEN APPLIED THE RESULTS TO THE MAIN OPTIONS FOR THE AIRPORT.

SLOW

THE GROWTH OF NEW FACTORIES, HOWEVER, HAD CONTINUED TO DOWN SINCE 1986 AND THIS WAS REFLECTED IN A LOWER DEMAND FOR CONVENTIONAL FACTORY LAND, THE TERMS OF SALE OF WHICH PRESUPPOSED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FLATTED FACTORY BUILDING, MR BARNES SAID.

EXPANSION OF PORT SERVICES HELPED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE REDUCED EXPANSION OF LOCAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, AND WAS IN A WIDER SENSE CRITICAL TO THE EXPANSION OF THE MANUFACTURING CAPACITY OF THE REGION.

THE OTHER TREND WAS PRESSURE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE TERRITORY.

THAT FOR AND OTHER OPERATE AND

MR BARNES SAID: "THERE IS MUCH EVIDENCE TO SHOW MANY YEARS OUR ECONOMIC SURVIVAL WILL DEPEND ON THE PORT SERVICES WHICH CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE REGION IN WHICH WE THE PADS POLICY SHOULD BE SEEN IN THIS LIGHT,"

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