XN000022-1993-06-02 — Page 35

22

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1993

PLOT RATIO RESTRICTION FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONE IN MID-LEVELS

THE PLOT RATIO RESTRICTION FOR RESIDENTIAL (GROUP B) ZONE IN MID-LEVELS, WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN 1990, WAS FIRST CONSIDERED BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD ON MAY 26, 1989.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS,

MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HENRY TANG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

RELATED

MR EASON SAID ALL OF THE 12 BUILDING PLAN SUBMISSIONS ΤΟ "R(B)" SITES RECEIVED IN THE INTERIM BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED.

THEY INVOLVED A TOTAL OF 1,731 DOMESTIC SQUARE METRES OF GROSS FLOOR AREA.

BETWEEN JUNE 1986 AND MAY 1989, 27 BUILDING RELATED TO THE "R(B)" ZONE WERE APPROVED, HE SAID.

UNITS AND 159,332

PLAN SUBMISSIONS

NO PLAN TO LIFT BORDER CURFEW RESTRICTION

THE

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA HAS REMAINED HIGH THIS YEAR, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR ASPREY SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO PLANS TO LIFT THE CURFEW RESTRICTION IMPOSED IN THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA, ADDING THAT THIS WOULD BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN, THE SECRETARY SAID THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (II'S) ARRESTED IN THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA DURING THE CURFEW HOURS SINCE MARCH 1991 ARE AS FOLLOWS:

II'S ARRESTED DURING CURFEW HOURS

-

1991 (MARCH DECEMBER) 1992

1993 (JANUARY APRIL)

-

837

615

271

NO STATISTICS ON THIS WERE KEPT BEFORE MARCH 1991.

HE SAID 23 RESIDENTS WERE CONVICTED FOR ENTERING OR LEAVING THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA WITHOUT A CURFEW PERMIT IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE NORMAL PRACTICE IS TO GIVE A WARNING RATHER THAN PROSECUTE,

0

/23