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SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1991

TREMENDOUS THERE IS ALSO A

PRESSURE FOR GREEN BELT ZONES BECAUSE OF THE SCARCITY OF LAND THE TERRITORY.

FOR

DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT WITHIN IN

IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE WERE 46 APPLICATIONS FOR

THIS DEVELOPMENT WITHIN GREEN BELT AND SO FAR

YEAR

HAS THE BOARD RECEIVED 32 APPLICATIONS. PROMULGATION OF THE GUIDELINES WILL PROVIDE A CLEAR GUIDE TO THE PLANNING INTENTION FOR THE GREEN BELT ZONE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING APPLICATIONS

IMPORTANCE OF WITHIN GREEN BELT ZONE EMPHASISED THE

THE SCALE AND BB COMPATIBLE TO INTENSITY OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS THAT SHOULD THE GENERAL SURROUNDING.

"THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE, TOPOGRAPHY AND MATURE TREES WILL BE A CRUCIAL FACTOR

DETERMINING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF AN APPLICATION,

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HE SAID.

IN

"THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME AND LANDSCAPE TREATMENT PROPOSALS ARE ALSO ESSENTIAL FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.

"USES SUCH AS PASSIVE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC UTILITY AND COMMUNITY USES AND THE NEW TERRITORIES EXEMPTED HOUSES (SMALL HOUSES FOR INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS } MAY BE GIVEN SYMPATHETIC CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD.

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COPIES OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE GREEN BELT ZONE UNDER SECTION 16 OF THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, FOURTH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG.

FURTHER ENQUIRIES CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE PLANNING INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATION UNIT OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 848 2402.

SPECIAL REVIEW ON 1989/90 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY AND CPI REBASING

THE MAY 1991 ISSUE OF. THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS CONTAINS A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ON "THE 1989/90 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY AND THE REBASING OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES"

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THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY (HES) IS CONDUCTED ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS TO COLLECT UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG FOR REBASING THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI).

THE 1989/90

HES WAS CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND THE HANG SENG BANK LTD FROM OCTOBER 1989 то SEPTEMBER 1990.

/DURING THE