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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1992

SIR DAVID SAID UNDER THE METROPLAN, HONG KONG WOULD BY THE YEAR 2011 HAVE SOME 2,600 HECTARES OF ADDITIONAL LAND THROUGH RECLAMATION, LAND FORMATION AND RELOCATION OF THE KAI TAK AIRPORT.

THEY WILL BE USED FOR HOUSING, INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, RECREATION PURPOSE.

PORT AND

TO THIN AND,

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO SET TARGETS IN THE METROPLAN OUT THE PRESENT OVER-DENSELY POPULATED AND OLD URBAN AREAS BUILD NEW AREAS TO DENSITIES AND WITH AMENITIES MORE LIKE THOSE OF THE MILLION NEW TOWNS BY LIMITING THE POPULATION IN THE METRO AREA TO 4.2 OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

THE

KEY ΤΟ HAD SIR DAVID

NO DOUBT THAT METROPLAN WOULD BE ORCHESTRATING A BETTER URBAN ENVIRONMENT OF TOMORROW BY PROVIDING

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FACILITATE OPPORTUNITIES

SATISFY HOUSING NEEDS AND BALANCED DISTRIBUTION OF JOBS AND BUSINESS.

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MORE

SPACE AND IT WILL ALSO

OPEN MEET THE COMMUNITY'S NEED FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE METRO AREA AND ABOVE ALL, CREATE A CITY WHICH FOSTERS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IDENTITY.

THE

AND

SIR DAVID MAINTAINED THAT THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF METROPLAN WOULD RELY ON THE EFFORTS AND WILL OF BOTH THE PUBLIC

DEVELOPMENT AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO TAKE THE INITITATIVE AND PURSUE REDEVELOPMENT SCHEMES WHICH MUST BE FINANCIALLY VIABLE AND WERE IN THE

PUBLIC INTEREST.

"VISION,

GOOD PLANNING AND DESIGN,

NEVER BEEN

IDEAS INNOVATIVE

RESOURCES, ALL OF WHICH HAVE

FAR, SO LACKING EVENTUALLY DETERMINE THE FINAL SHAPE OF METROPLAN AND HOW FAST IT BE FULLY REALISED, HE SAID.

AND WILL

CAN

STRATEGIC THE SEVEN

HE ALSO

TO SAID DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

TRANSLATE CONCEPTS INTO DETAILED PLANS AND PROGRAMMES FOR EACH OF BOARD DISTRICTS IN METRO AREA WERE EITHER BEING OR WOULD BE PREPARED.

AND

PROFESSIONAL "ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT AND INPUTS OF DISTRICT BOARDS, INSTITUTES, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE INTO TOWN PLANNING MATTERS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE INDISPENSABLE, HE ADDED.

IN

VENUES

THE METROPLAN EXHIBITION WILL LAST UNTIL SUNDAY (MARCH 22) THE PACIFIC PLACE, QUEENSWAY AND WILL BE MOVED TO THREE OTHER THE FOLLOWING WEEKS.

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THE EXHIBITION SCHEDULES ARE: TSUEN WAN PLAZA FU SHOPPING CENTRE (MARCH 30-APRIL 5), OCEAN TERMINAL

(MARCH 23-29), 6-

(APRIL

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