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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1991

METROPLAN HELPS MANUFACTURERS OPERATE AT MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY

THE

METROPLAN HELPS REMOVE MANY INFRASTRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS ON

A FAR MORE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND PROVIDES

FLEXIBLE ENVIRONMENT

AT OPERATE

MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY, THE WITHIN WHICH MANUFACTURERS CAN DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.

CHINESE EXECUTIVES CLUB, MR BARMA

ASSOCIATION'S

THE TSUEN WITHIN WHICH MUCH OF

SPEAKING AT A DINNER OF THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT

SAID THE METROPLAN AREA COVERED HONG KONG ISLAND, THE KOWLOON PENINSULA AND KWUN TONG, AND

YI, WAN AREA, INCLUDING KWAI CHUNG AND TSING HONG 1 NG'S MANUFACTURING CAPACITY WAS FOUND.

WILL WITHIN AIRPORT

METROPLAN IS THAT IT "ONE OF THE BASIC ASSUMPTIONS OF INVOLVE A DRAMATIC RELOCATION OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES FROM THE URBAN AREA TO THE NEW TOWNS AND TO AREAS CLOSE TO THE NEW AND WEST HARBOUR PORT FACILITIES.

EXIST IN THE "THE 700,000 OR SO MANUFACTURING JOBS WHICH NOW

OF BETWEEN 290,000 AND METRO AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO A FIGURE HALF A MILLION BY 2011," HE SAID.

NOT ONLY WOULD THE NUMBER OF FACTORIES IN THE METRO AREA HE SAID, BUT THEIR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT NOW.

FALL,

FROM

ATTRACTIVE MOST IT OFFERS

FEATURES OF

"ONE OF THE

METROPLAN 19 THE

OPPORTUNITY

FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT OF OLD INDUSTRIAL AREAS SUCH AS SAN PO KONG AND KWUN TONG.

OUT AND NEW LAND AND ON WHAT IS NOW ΚΑΙ TAK

"EXISTING INDUSTRIAL AREAS WILL BE THINNED FOR INDUSTRY PROVIDED ON RECLAMATION AIRPORT," HE SAID.

MR BARMA STRESSRD THAT, WHILE TRANSFORMATION OF EXISTING INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN PLAN WAS IN NO SENSE AN ATTACK ON MANUFACTURING.

METROPLAN

ENVISAGED THE METRO AREA, THE

EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE SECTOR WHILE THE NUMBER OF WORKERS

THE WERE EXPECTED TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY, METROPLAN ALSO FORECAST THAT

IN 2011 NUMBER EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING IN THE TERRITORY AS A WHOLE WOULD BE AROUND 800,000, ROUGHLY THE SAME NUMBER EMPLOYED TODAY.

"IN OTHER WORDS, A CONTINUING, VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IS FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AS WE MOVE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.

FORECAST

HONG "INDEED, METROPLAN'S FIRST MAJOR OBJECTIVE IS TO ENHANCE

CENTRE FOR A KONG'S ROLE AS AN INTERNATIONAL PORT AND AIRPORT; AS A

THE CENTRE OF DIVERSE RANGE OF LIGHT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; AND AS GOVERNMENT FOR THE TERRITORY', HE SAID.

"

THAT MR BARMA SAID THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HAD LONG BEEN AWARE

HAD BEEN SMALL, INADEQUATELY-SERVICED MULTI-STOREY BUILDING PREMISES

AND MANUFACTURING,

ON THE A MAJOR CONSTRAINT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCOPE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT.

/"IT HAS