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TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1991

AND FOR SUCH A

PROGRAMME

то SUCCEED,

THE OLD URBAN PRIVATE

THREE

AREAS, DEVELOPMENT

ESSENTIAL

A

FULL

TO

THINGS WERE GOOD COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE RATION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SITES FOR PROVIDE WORK OPPORTUNITIES, HE ADDED.

AND

SCALE

AND

THE CREATION RANGE OF

OF THE PROGRAMME DR NIP SAID THE VAST SCOPE COMPLEXITY OF THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED OF A NEW MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DEPARTMENT HAVING THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO MEET THE CHALLENGE,

"AS A RESULT, THE NEW TERRITORIES CREATED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME,

THE RE-NAMED WAS DEPARTMENT THE

IT TOOK OVER

DEPARTMENT WHEN METROPOLITAN AREA.

DEVELOPMENT

11

FOR PLANNING HE SAID.

DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND IMPLEMENTING

WAS

THE

TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY

APART FROM SIMPLY PROVIDING HOMES, ALSO HAD TO ENSURE QUALITY OF LIFE.

DR NIP SAID, THE

DEPARTMENT

"IN DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS, WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES," HE SAID.

CHANGING

KWAN

0.

WERE

AS IN THE

AN

TSEUNG TOWN, CITING A RELATIVELY RECENT NEW

CONSIDERATIONS NIP ᎠᎡ

SAID ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMPLE, FOREFRONT OF THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR NEW TOWNS.

LEVEL

THESE INCLUDED CONSIDERATIONS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE AIR

MINIMISE NOISE PREVENT DETERIORATION OF WATER AND TRAFFIC.

MOVEMENT,

FROM ROAD

BY

ON THREE SIDES SURROUNDED "THE SITE FOR THE NEW TOWN IS

SEA. THE DISPOSITION OF BUILDING MOUNTAINS AND ON ONE SIDE BY THE SITES HAS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE AIR MOVEMENT TO PROVIDE VENTILATION ON A LARGE SCALE.

THUS

FAIRLY ENCLOSED, "THE BAY ON WHICH THE TOWN IS BEING BUILT 19

CAREFUL SYSTEM, TREATMENT SEWAGE SUITABLE A DESIGNING IN

DETERIORATION OF NOT CAUSING CONSIDERATION HAD TO BE GIVEN TO WATERS IN THE BAY.

ANY

AND CANOPIES,

"THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO NOISE IS ROAD TRAFFIC. HOWEVER,

MEASURES SUCH AS SETTING BUILDING BACK ORIENTATION, THE USE OF LOW NOISE ROAD

PROBLEMS THE POTENTIAL MITIGATED," HE SAID.

WITH ADJUSTING THEIR FROM ROADS,

AND ROAD BARRIERS SURFACING

BEEN BY HAVE,

AND LARGE,

"SOPHISTICATED COMPUTER

THERE WERE MANY THINGS WHICH HAD TO BE LOOKED AT IN DEVISING TOWN PLAN, FOR INSTANCE, TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENT, DR NIP SAID.

USED AND DEVELOPED

GOODS VEHICLES PREDICT TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS FOR PRIVATE CARS, BUSES AND AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT.

A

MODELS ARE

то

/"THIS ALLOWS