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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1994

THERE ARE 5,338 LIFTS SERVING

BUILDINGS

IN PUBLIC RENTAL ESTATES (INCLUDING FLATTED FACTORIES) AND HOS COURTS UNDER THE AUTHORITY'S DIRECT MANAGEMENT.

THEIR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ARE SHARED AMONG 11 APPROVED

CONTRACTORS.

OBJECTION PERIOD FOR OZPS GOVERNED BY ORDINANCE

THE PERIOD FOR RAISING OBJECTIONS TO OUTLINE ZONING PLANS (OZPS)

THE IS GOVERNED BY THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE AND DEPENDS ON STATUS OF THE PARTICULAR OZP, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN

A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EDWARD S T HO, MR EASON SAID UNDER THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE IF AN OZP WAS A NEW ONE OR HAD BEEN REFERRED BACK TO TOWN PLANNING BOARD FOR AMENDMENT BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL, AMENDMENT TO IT NEEDED ΤΟ BE GAZETTED AND EXHIBITED FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION FOR A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS.

HOWEVER, IF

EXHIBITED BUT NOT AMENDMENTS WILL BE PERIOD.

יד ז

IS AN AMENDMENT PLAN ΤΟ AMEND ONE ALREADY YET SUBMITTED TO THE GOVRERNOR IN COUNCIL, GAZETTED WITH A THREE-WEEK PUBLIC INSPECTION

SINCE OZPS DEAL WITH THE OVERALL LAYOUT, LAND-USE AND PLANNING OF AN AREA AND MAY SET DEVELOPMENT LIMITS IN THE FORM OF PLOT RATIO RESTRICTIONS FOR DIFFERENT LAND USES AND AREAS WITH REGARD ΤΟ THE PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, IT IS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE TO IMPOSE REVISED DENSITY

CONTROLS ON KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON THROUGH AMENDMENTS TO OZPS.

ΤΟ

THE BUILDINGS (PLANNING) REGULATIONS SERVE A DIFFERENT PURPOSE GOVERN THE INTEGRITY OF A PARTICULAR STRUCTURE, THE SAFETY OF THE BUILDING, THE STANDARD OF FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND SO ON.

FURTHERMORE, THE GOVERNMENT HAD MADE IT CLEAR IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT THE DENSITY CONTROL TN KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON WOULD BE IMPOSED BY AMENDING OZPS WHEN A MOTION WAS MOVED SEEKING AN EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY CONTROL OF DENSITY OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT ( KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON) ORDINANCE UNTIL DECEMBER 31,

1993.

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