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SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1992

METROPLAN EXHIBITION EXTENDED

SEE NOW AS THE

THE

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MISSED THE CHANCE ΤΟ

WILL BE ABLE

SO TO DO METROPLAN EXHIBITION EARLIER GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED THE EXHIBITION OVER THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.

FOR

THE ONE-MONTH EXHIBITION, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED THE ENTRANCE HALL ON CONCLUSION LAST FRIDAY, HAS NOW MOVED TO

THE PUBLIC SECOND FLOOR OF QUEENSWAY PLAZA IN CENTRAL FOR

VIEWING UNTIL

APRIL 20.

PLANNING AND

AEGIS OF THE THE EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED UNDER THE DEPARTMENT TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE VARIOUS PLANNING CONCEPTS

TO ENABLE PROPOSALS SET OUT IN THE METROPLAN SELECTED STRATEGY SO AS THEM TO VISUALISE THE FUTURE TRANSFORMATION OF HONG KONG'S METRO AREA.

A

SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN MARCH, THE EXHIBITION HAS BEEN STAGED ON

HUBS ROVING BASIS AT VARIOUS CITY

WHICH FALL UNDER THE METROPLAN STRATEGY AND HAS BECOME AN INSTANT ATTRACTION TO LOCAL RESIDENTS.

AIMS

VISUAL

APART FROM INTRODUCING THE RESTRUCTURING THE CITY THROUGH DISPLAY PRESENTATIONS, THE EXHIBITION ALSO FEATURES A CLUSTER OF LIGHTWALLS OF

FORM IN THE NEW CITY

FUTURE AS WELL AS

PROPOSALS.

ALSO, THREE PURPOSE-BUILT

DEVELOPMENT

AND APPROACHES ADOPTED FOR

PANELS AND AUDIO

MAJOR SOME

MODELS HIGHLIGHTING HOW THE

CITY

ATTRACTION VISION OF OF

WILL BE RE-SHAPED ARE ALSO ON DISPLAY. THIS FORMS THE MAIN OF THE EXHIBITION PROVIDING THE PUBLIC A THREE-DIMENSIONAL HOW THE CITY IN FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE UNDER THE PLANNING FRAMEWORK THE METROPLAN STRATEGY.

DEPARTMENT

SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) MADE FOLLOWING

OF

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PLANNING THAT THE DECISION TO EXTEND THE EXHIBITION PERIOD WAS

IN THE INNOVATIVE DESIGN ENTHUSIASTIC PUBLIC RESPONSE NOT ONLY THE EXHIBITS ITSELF.

PUBLIC APPRECIATION

MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS AN ANSWER TO THE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORT IN THE FORWARD PLANNING OF THE CITY.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO NOTED THAT EVER SINCE THE EXHIBITS WENT. ON AND THE DISPLAY, THEY HAD GENERATED IMMENSE INTERESTS FROM THE MEDIA

BE JUDGED

VOLUME BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THIS COULD

OF ENQUIRIES RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

FOR DISPLAY HE SAID THE DISPLAY ITEMS HAD ALREADY BEEN BOOKED

BANK BY ORGANISERS OF THE FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE OF ASIAN DEVELOPMENT AS ONE OF THE SHOWPIECES FOR OVERSEAS

ON HONG KONG'S VISITORS

CURRENT ROUND DEVELOPMENTS, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE OF EXHIBITIONS.

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