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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1991

UNDER

MUST CONSIDER THE

THE ORDINANCE,

BOARD APPLICATIONS WITHIN TWO MONTILS OF THE DATE OF APPLICATION.

ALL

PLANNING

PROPERTY

OTHERWISE APNINISTRATION

THAT NOTED TURNING то LEASE CONTROL, MR LEUNG DEVELOPMENT MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LEASH CONDITIONS, MODIFICATION OF THE LEASE MUST BE SOUGIIT, FROM THE LAND OFFICE.

"IN

STRAIGHT FORWARD CASES, THE APPLICATION WOULD ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO PROCESS.

USUALLY TAKE

"IN SOME CASES, APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IS SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED UNDER THE LEASE CONDITIONS," HE SAID.

THE PROCEDURES WOULD TAKE ABOUT 10 WEEKS TO PROCESS.

MR LEUNG ADDED THAT THE PROCESSING OF THE VARIOUS COULD BE CARRIED OUT CONCURRENTLY.

AUTHORISATIONS

$1.8 BILLION EARMARKED FOR RPIS PROJECTS

*

THE

$300

MILLION FOR GOVERNMENT HAS TO DATE SPENT ABOUT PROJECTS UNDER THE RURAL PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY (RPIS) WITH A SUM OF $1.8 BILLION EARMARKED FOR THE PURPOSE FOR THE YBARS.

NEXT FIVE

AND LANDS, FROM THE

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT

REPLYING TO A WHEN

A QUESTION MR BOWEN LEUNG, SAID THIS HON GILBERT LEUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR LEUNG NOTED THAT NINE MAJOR

PROJECTS INCLUDING RIVER PROTECTION MEASURES, TRAINING, DRAINAGE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT, FLOOD

OF EXPANSION FOR THE SITE

AND FORMATION

SERVICING PROVISION OF SITES FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES HAD BEEN COMPLETED THE RPIS.

IN ADDITION, AROUND 240 PROJECTS UNDER

THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME AND FORMED PART OF THE STRATEGY HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

THE

VILLAGES

AND UNDER

THE URBAN

PROGRAMME

FRINGE

WHICH

SUCH AS

IN

FLOODING,

ITS

"GIVEN THAT THE RPIS IS AIMED AT TACKLING MANY PROBLEMS

ISSUES, LONG-TERM RURAL

ARE AREAS WHICH POLLUTION AND UNPLANNED DEVELOPMENT, IT WILL TAKE TIME TO ACHIEVE OVERALL OBJECTIVES," HE ADDED.

MR

SATISFIED

ΤΟ

LEUNG NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS GENERALLY

FOR IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE PROGRESS SO FAR, AND WITH THE MECHANISM AND MONITORING GAINING OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE, WAS LOOKING FORWARD A FASTER PACE OF PROGRESS IN THE COMING YEARS.

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