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strategies which ma y

rep la ce ment

relocate

well

involve

the development of a

airport for Kai Tak. If a decision is made to

the airport, this would

half-a-million residents in Kowloon

daily to excessive aircraft noise.

greatly relieve the

who are now exposed

6.16

The

Metrop lan.

second ma jor urban

Whereas ou r New

completed by the mid 1990's

planning stu dy

Town Programme

is

should be

we

attention

to

Metropolitan

its crowded

now need to pay more

the upgrading and redevelopment of the

Area around the harbour in order to improve

environment and make it a better place for the

ma jority of our population to live and work. Some of these

heavily congested, with

areas

are

conditions

and

a la ck

recla ma tions

dilapidated

a menities.

living

The

of essential

now being planned at Hung Hom, Western

Kowloon, and Central and Western District will provide a

real opportunity to plan a restructuring of the harbour

re du ce

area

SO

as to

density.

The

so me of the excessive building

Metrop lan will provide a strategic policy

basis for improving the urban environment.

6.17

mo mentum.

•

Planning for the rural areas will also gather

To counter the rural problems in paragraph 6.4

a study entitled the Rural Planning and Improvement

Strategy was recently completed. Its aims are to improve

the quality of life for the 330,000 rural population,

through a

program me

basic facilities, expanded

infrastructure and amenities, and to address problems such

as flooding, pollution and

unp lanned development. This

of

study is also the subject of separate consultation.

In the rural areas and the urban fringes there is

6.18

als o a

need

to improve the planning and coordination of