16-NOV-1990 19:22
HK GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Sir.
+952 521 1868
Mr Stone
Pa MAR 265/1
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Speech by the Hon. Graham Barnes, CBE, JP, Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands at the Legislative Council on 31 October 1990
A number of members have commented on the
Government's intention to apply town planning measures to
the rural parts of the New Territories.
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I would like to take this opportunity
to clarify a few points of principle relating to the
extension of statutory planning to the rural areas.
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preparing, publishing and
OPULACES.
It has undergone minor amendment
to build in a rudimentary permission system to provide for
some variation of the plans, but it
Framewodz for planning urban areas
3.
So all control of what goes where in rural and
village areas is done through lease conditions and
administrative means. In the case of agricultural land held
under the Block Crown leases
that is the majority of flat
and usable land in the rural areas, building can be
controlled under the terms of the lease, but changes of
user, apart from users which are offensive, noxious, etc..
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