XN000022-1992-10-21 — Page 11

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992

REVIEW GROUP ON URBAN RENEWAL SOON TO COMPLETE FIRST TASK

A REVIEW GROUP ΤΟ EXAMINE THE URBAN RENEWAL PROCESS WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE ROLE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL COMPLETE ITS INITIAL TASK BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JAMES TO KUN-SUN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR BASON SAID THE REVIEW GROUP, LED BY THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH AND INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED AND THE CORPORATION, WAS SET UP IN JULY.

THE POSITION OF OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS, INCLUDING TENANTS, AFFECTED BY REDEVELOPMENT SCHEMES WAS BEING CONSIDERED IN THE REVIEW, HE SAID.

FOLLOWING ITS INITIAL TASK, IT WOULD THEN REVIEW OTHER ASPECTS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS, INCLUDING ACTIVITIES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HE ADDED.

TSEUNG KWAN O INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TO OFFER SITES IN 1994

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INDUSTRIAL FIRST

THE FIRST FULLY-SERVICED SITES AT HONG KONG'S THIRD ESTATE IN TSEUNG KWAN O ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE QUARTER OF 1994, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR HAY, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

CHAU TAK-

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON GILBERT LEUNG HO, MR CHAU SAID THE NEW INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WAS, LIKE THE EXISTING ESTATES IN TAI PO AND YUEN LONG, INTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE A WIDE OF INDUSTRIES.

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AS THE ESTATE HAS DEEP SEA ACCESS, JETTIES AND PIPE PATHS BEEN PLANNED TO ACCOMMODATE INDUSTRIES REQUIRING THESE FACILITIES, SAID.

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MR CHAU SAID THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL INTENDED TO ADOPT THE SAME BROAD CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF LESSEES ESTATES CORPORATION AS HAD BEEN ADOPTED FOR THE TAI PO AND YUEN LONG ESTATES.

"THE CORPORATION HAS ALREADY INVITED APPLICATIONS AND A DEPOSIT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM ONE COMPANY FOR A SITE.

ON TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR THE NEW INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MR SAID THE TSEUNG

CHAU KWAN O ROAD TUNNEL LINKED THE NEW KOWLOON, AND A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY JOINED THE NEW TOWN AND THE INDUSTRIAL TOWN ΤΟ EAST ESTATE.

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