SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1992
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PUBLIC VIEWS ON URBAN RENEWAL TO BE SOUGHT
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS
COMMISSIONED A PRIVATE
RESEARCH COMPANY TO CONDUCT A SURVEY ON PUBLIC OPINIONS UPON URBAN RENEWAL, STARTING FROM THIS WEEK.
THE SURVEY WILL COVER THE OLD PARTS OF THE MAIN URBAN AREAS, INCLUDING SAI YING PUN, CENTRAL, SHEUNG WAN, WAN CHAI, SHAU KEI WAN, YAU MA TEI, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO, HUNG HOM, TO KWA
WAN, KWUN TONG AND TSUEN WAN.
APPEALING FOR CO-OPERATION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAID THE FINDINGS WOULD BE USED AS A REFERENCE IN THE FORMULATION OF FUTURE URBAN RENEWAL STRATEGIES AND
IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE METROPLAN.
"THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SURVEY ARE ΤΟ ASSESS THE SOCIAL ATTITUDES OF LOCAL PEOPLE LIVING OR DOING BUSINESS WITHIN THE SURVEY AREAS TOWARDS URBAN RENEWAL. PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE SURVEY BEGAN IN 1990.
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THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN THESE AREAS, TOGETHER WITH THOSE OF DEVELOPERS AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION FIELD, WILL ALSO BE COLLECTED.
"THE SURVEY IS NOT RELATED TO ANY PARTICULAR URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT OR A PARTICULAR DISTRICT, BUT IS AIMED AT OBTAINING A WIDE SPECTRUM OF OPINIONS ON URBAN RENEWAL IN GENERAL, HE SAID.
SURVEY.
THE SURVEY WILL CONSIST OF TWO PARTS, INTERVIEWING
AND POSTAL
FOR THE INTERVIEW, ABOUT 3,000 HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND 1,100 OWNERS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS RANDOMLY SELECTED WILL RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT INFORMING THEM OF THE INTERVIEWS.
INTERVIEWERS FROM THE SURVEY COMPANY WILL THEN VISIT THEM ΤΟ SOLICIT THEIR VIEWS ON URBAN RENEWAL.
ANOTHER TARGET GROUP WILL BE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS WITHIN THE SURVEY AREAS AND THE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS RELATED TO THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT ASPECTS OF LAND.
QUESTIONNAIRES WILL BE POSTED TO THEM FOR COMPLETION AND RETURN FOR ANALYSIS.
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