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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1991

NORTH LANTĂU SHORELINE NOT FEASIBLE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH LANTAU WILL BE CENTRED IN

ΤΑΙ HO WHILE TWO VALLEYS OF TUNG CHUNG AND

NO SITING OF SUCH ROAD TO DEVELOPMENT IS INTENDED FOR THE AREAS ALONG THE PROPOSED NEW THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT.

THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND THIS TODAY COUNCIL BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE DR THE HON SAMUEL WONG.

BARNES

LANDS, MR GRAHAM (WEDNESDAY)

IN

A

THAT

HAD MR

FOUND THAT EXPLAINED

THE GOVERNMENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE ACTUAL SHORELINE TO BE NOT FEASIBLE RELATING BECAUSE THESE AREAS WERE AFFECTED BY NOISE EXPOSURE FORECAST TO THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT AND THE TRAFFIC NOISE FROM THE HIGHWAY.

BVENTUAL POPULATION OF HE SAID TUNG CHUNG WAS PLANNED FOR AN ABOUT 160,000 OF WHICH ABOUT 20,000 SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR BY 1997.

WAS BEING THE HOUSED LOCALLY

IN PROVIDED

THE BE

STAGE FIRST THE HOUSING TO

IN THE MAXIMUM ASSISTANCE

COMMISSIONING PLANNED TO BE OF AIRPORT, WHICH WOULD NEED SOME OF ITS WORKFORCE TO BE EVEN BEFORE IT OPENED, HE ADDED.

OF

STARTED PLANNED то

HOWEVER, HE NOTED THAT TAI HO DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT BE SUBSTANTIALLY UNTIL ABOUT 2004, WITH ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE BE PROVIDED FOR BEFORE 2011 AND 100,000 THEREAFTER.

PUBLIC HOUSING STANDARDS UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW

AND

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS, ON AN ON-GOING BASIS, REVIEWED SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THE BUILDING STANDARDS AND RELATED PROCEDURES ON THE

FOR OF ITS

THE SECRETARY PROJECTS, QUALITY

BUILDING ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

PLANNING,

IN WING-TAT

THE MEASURES AIMED AT ADOPTED IN

A

BY THE HON QUESTION

LEE REPLYING TO

COUNCIL, MR BARNES SAID A NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION WORKMANSHIP HAD BEEN RECENT YEARS.

THESE INCLUDED:

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ESTABLISHMENT

OF

ΤΟ CONTRACTORS

OF A SEPARATE LIST PROVIDE FOR MORE DIRECT

APPROVED

CONTROL

IN

BUILDING APRIL

LAST YEAR;

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