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THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1992

KOWLOON TO HAVE NEW OUTLINE ZONING PLANS

REMOVAL

ZONING PLANS IN WORK WILL SOON BEGIN ON REVISING ALL OUTLINE KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE IMPACT OF THE OF THE KAI TAK AIRPORT HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF METROPLAN.

THE

HIS

AT THE

TODAY FINANCE COMMITTEE

1992/93 UNDER (THURSDAY),

THE

FOR PRESENTING THE DRAFT RECURRENT EXPENDITURE PORTFOLIO

SAID SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES,

AIMED ΤΟ CONVERT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT

ABOUT HALF of THE 30 PERMISSION AREA PLANS DEVELOPMENT

INTO OUTLINE

PLANS ZONING

IN

1992/93.

HE SAID THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WOULD

STRATEGY COMPLETE THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT NEW TERRITORIES SUB-REGIONAL STRATEGY.

OF THE

ALSO GIVE PRIORITY то

REVIEW AND

NORTHWEST

DEPARTMENT IN 1992/93

LEVELS

HE SAID OTHER MAIN PRIORITIES WOULD BE THE PREPARATION

TOWN OF

PLANS AT VARIOUS FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROJECTS.

THESE MR BARNES SAID

TO

PRIORITIES WOULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH

SINCE ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY,

THE RESOURCES STAFF REDEPLOYMENT AND ALLOCATED IN 1992/93 WOULD INCREASE MARGINALLY BY 2.2 PER CENT.

LAND

ON LAND ACQUISITION WORK OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT,

PROJECTS, MR BARNES

RELATED SAID IT WOULD FOCUS ON PADS

PRIVATE SCHEMES, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND HOUSING SOCIETY RESUMPTIONS, THE NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES LANDFILL AND THE YUEN SOUTHERN BY-PASS.

HE SAID THE

BUILDINGS AND

LANDS

STREET LONG

DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS IN BUILDING SAFETY AND THE INSTALLATION OF COMPUTERISED LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM.

107 VMS RETURNED

A GROUP OF 107 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (THURSDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

COMPRISING 39 MEN, 31 WOMEN, 18 BOYS AND 19 GIRLS, THEY WERE

THE 95TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 2, 586 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE

то MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND

16,565 TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.

THE

/THE 107