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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1991

MR LEUNG

THE SAID THIS POLICY WAS TRANSLATED ONTO

CHEUNG CHAU OUTLINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH WAS ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC, AND IN

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT, WHICH THE

WAS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC

IK FORMATION.

SOUTH

"IN

ADDITION, LAYOUT PLANS FOR CHEUNG CHAU CENTRAL., ANT) WEST

AVAILABLE, ARE

WHICH PROVIDE GUIDANCE

HE SAID. DEVELOPMENT OF THE ISLAND IN MORE DETAILED TERMS,

NORTH,

TO

THE

*

SECRETARY

THE

THE ACTING INTENTION WAS TO MAINTAIN AN OVERALL RURAL CHARACTER FOR THE THROUGH LOW-RISE, LOW

SPATIAL VARIATION DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS, DENSITY WAS ALLOWED FOR A MORE DENSELY POPULATED CENTRAL CHEUNG KEEPING

NORTIL, SOUTH AND EASTERN PARTS DENSPLY POPULATED.

EXPLAINED THAT WHILE

THE

PLANNING

ISLAND

IN

CHAU,

MORE

"OPEN"

AND

LESS

AS

THE

PROVISION

FOR GOVERNMENT/INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY

THE PLANNING PROCESS WAS GENERALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANNING STANDARD AND GUIDELINES.

MR.

MAINTAIN THE

ADDED THAT OTHER MEASURES TAKEN TO LEUNG TRADITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PEACEFUL LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF CHEUNG CHAU INCLUDED THE PRESERVATION OF MONUMENTS, THE ZONING OF FUNG LANES,

THE PRESENT POLICY OF ONLY ALLOWING THE MOTORISED VEHICLES.

AND

SHUI

USE OF VILLAGE

OF

SPACE OPEN FACILITIES IN CHEUNG CHAU,

AND

HE HONG

SAID

KONG

CT9 INTENDS ON TSING YI

THE

MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID IN

THAT

PRESENTLY IT IS FACILITIES, WHICH

FORM

THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES,

(WEDNESDAY} TODAY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL INTENDED THAT ADDITIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL 9 (CT9), SHOULD BE SITED AT SOUTH EAST TSING YI.

CONTAINER

WILL

REPLYING TO THE QUESTION BY THE HON LEE WING-TAT, MRS CHAN SAID SHOULD THAT BE CONFIRMED, WORKS WOULD COMMENCE IN EARLY 1993.

SHE POINTED OUT THAT BEFORE AN IRREVERSIBLE DECISION WAS TAKEN, OPTIONS HOWEVER, IT WAS PRUDENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD REVIEW ALL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ADDITIONAL HANDLING CAPACITY IN THE PORT.

FOR ADDITIONAL CONTAINER

MRS CHAN ALSO NOTED THAT THE NEED TERMINALS WAS KEPT UNDER REGULAR REVIEW.

THROUGHPUT, CONTAINER

THE BASED ON FORECASTS OF GROWTH IN

8 ON GOVERNMENT EXPECTED) THAT ALL EXISTING TERMINALS PLUS TERMINAL

UTILISED DURING 1995, MRS CHAN STONECUTTERS ISLAND WOULD BE FULLY

SAID.

/"THIS WILL