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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

香港立法局——二 一九八九年七月十二日

12 July 1989

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Committee stage of Bills

Council went into Committee.

ARBITRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL. 1989

Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to.

COUNTRY PARKS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989

Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to

SUMMARY OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989

Clauses 1 to 5 were agreed to.

TEMPORARY

CONTROL OF DENSITY OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT (KOWLOON) BILL 1989

Clauses 1 to 3

MR. CHENG HON-KWAN: Sir, I move that the clauses specified be amended as set out in the paper circulated to Members.

The reference to "maximum height" in the definition of maximum plot ratio under clause 2(1) is misleading. The building heights shown on the deposited plans, for the purpose of calculating the maximum plot ratio, are the existing airport height restrictions (AHR) and can be exceeded under the relaxed AHR provided that the maximum plot ratio remain unexceeded. To avoid any possible confusion that this "maximum height" is the relaxed AHR, the ad hoc group suggested and the Administration agreed to add the word "notional", before "maximum height". The annotation to the deposited plans will be amended accordingly.

To achieve precision and to provide clarity to the readers, the phrase "to which regulation 19(1) applies" in clause 3 is also suggested to be deleted.

With these remarks, Sir, I beg to move.