Colony Outline Plan reached the stage where useful advice based on the analysis of statistics could be made available to Government departments and committees, utility companies, etc., to assist them in their forward planning. Much discussion took place within the Town Planning Board and elsewhere in connexion with the development of new towns at Tsuen Wan, Castle Peak and Sha Tin.
5.05. The Superintendent attended the United Nations Seminar on Planning for Urban and Regional Development including Metropolitan Areas, New Towns and Land Policies at Nagoya, Japan in October 1966. The Office was also represented at the 28th World Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning held in Tokyo in May 1966.
CROWN LANDS DIVISION
Assistant Superintendents:
W. L. T. CRUNDEN, F.R.I.C.S., F.A.I., F.R.S.H., F.I.Arb.
I. L. STANTON, F.R.I.C.S.
J. P. POTTER, A.R.I.C.S., A.A.I. (Acting)
5.06. The work of the Lands Division is undertaken by four separate Sections, each controlled by a Senior Estate Surveyor.
Hong Kong and Kowloon Land Sections
5.07. The Hong Kong and Kowloon Land Sections deal with all sales, leases and allocations of Crown Land on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon and New Kowloon respectively and the general administration and control of Crown Land in the urban area is vested in them. The property market continued to be quiet but it was evident from a number of sales that a demand still exists for industrial land. There were 21 sales by auction and tender, compared with 27 during the previous year.
5.08. Activities in the sphere of private treaty grants continued to be greater than in the field of auction sales and the number of grants made during the year was 47. There was no lessening in land requirements for Government and Government-sponsored projects and many allocations were made for these purposes.
5.09. During the year two important concessions were announced, both designed to assist property owners overcome the difficulties they were facing. The first of these enabled the factory owner paying his
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Colony Outline Plan reached the stage where useful advice based on the analysis of statistics could be made available to Government depart- ments and committees, utility companies, etc., to assist them in their forward planning. Much discussion took place within the Town Planning Board and elsewhere in connexion with the development of new towns at Tsuen Wan, Castle Peak and Sha Tin.
5.05. The Superintendent attended the United Nations Seminar on Planning for Urban and Regional Development including Metropolitan Areas, New Towns and Land Policies at Nagoya, Japan in October 1966. The Office was also represented at the 28th World Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning held in Tokyo in May 1966.
CROWN LANDS DIVISION
Assistant Superintendents:
W. L. T. CRUNDEN, F.R.I.C.S., F.A.I., F.R.S.H., F.I.Arb. I. L. STANTON, F.R.I.C.S.
J. P. POTTER, A.R.I.C.S., A.A.I. (Acting)
5.06. The work of the Lands Division is undertaken by four separate Sections, each controlled by a Senior Estate Surveyor.
Hong Kong and Kowloon Land Sections
5.07. The Hong Kong and Kowloon Land Sections deal with all sales, leases and allocations of Crown Land on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon and New Kowloon respectively and the general administra- tion and control of Crown Land in the urban area is vested in them. The property market continued to be quiet but it was evident from a number of sales that a demand still exists for industrial land. There were 21 sales by auction and tender, compared with 27 during the previous year.
5.08. Activities in the sphere of private treaty grants continued to be greater than in the field of auction sales and the number of grants made during the year was 47. There was no lessening in land requirements for Government and Government-sponsored projects and many alloca- tions were made for these purposes.
5.09. During the year two important concessions were announced, both designed to assist property owners overcome the difficulties they were facing. The first of these enabled the factory owner paying his
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