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MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1993

MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN 2001

EXPECTED TO MORE THAN 47 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION ARE

NEW TERRITORIES AND LIVE IN THE

THE ISLANDS DISTRICTS BY 2001, POPULATION DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO THE LATEST GOVERNMENT REPORT ON FORECAST.

THE REPORT, ENTITLED

POPULATION FORECAST BY DISTRICT BOARD DEPARTMENT, UNDER DISTRICTS, 1992-2001, WAS PRODUCED BY THE PLANNING

A ON POPULATION THE THE AUSPICES OF SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMMITTEE.

WORKING GROUP

FOR

GENERAL PLANNING

DISTRIBUTION,

WITHIN

THE

VARIOUS

OF

THE

PRODUCED

USE ANNUALLY GOVERNMENT, THE 10-YEAR FORECAST WAS MADE ON THE BASIS OF THE

AND POLICIES PROGRAMMES, DEVELOPMENT UPDATED GOVERNMENT.

STRATEGIES

THE

PROJECTED

IN THE POPULATION

NEW ISLANDS DISTRICTS WILL INCREASE BY 16.3 PER CENT, IN 1992 TO 2.88 MILLION IN 2001.

TERRITORIES

FROM 2.48 MILLION

AND

THE

IN THESE DISTRICTS

COMPARED WITH 43.4

WILL

BY THEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING REPRESENT 47.6 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION, PER CENT IN 1992.

GROWTH, THE

AMONG THE DISTRICTS FORECAST TO HAVE A POPULATION ISLANDS DISTRICT IS EXPECTED TO LEAD IN PERCENTAGE, BY 158.8 PER CNET. OR FROM 47,000 IN 1992 TO 122,700 IN 2001.

THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN

-

OF NUMBER TERMS FROM 159,800 IN

OF INHABITANTS 18 1992 ΤΟ 338,700 IN

FORECAST TO OCCUR IN SAI KUNG 2001, AN INCREASE OF 111.9 PER CENT.

POPULATION

INCREASE PROJECTED

FOR

THE

NEW

THE MARKED TERRITORIES AND THE ISLANDS DISTRICTS IS MAINLY DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT 0, MA ON OF THE YOUNGER NEW TOWNS SUCH AS TIN SHUI WAI, TSEUNG KWAN SHAN AND TUNG CHUNG.

THERE WILL BE DECLINE IN IN CONTRAST, THE REPORT FORECAST,

TSUEN POPULATION IN SOME URBAN DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY IN SHAM SHUI PO. WAN, MONG KOK AND KWUN TONG.

AT $39 EACH, AT THE OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND

COPIES OF THE REPORT ARE NOW AVAILABLE, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE, GENERAL POST FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, HONG KONG,

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