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The Town Planning (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance which was enacted during the year introduced greater flexibility in statutory planning. Notes were gazetted for statutory outline zoning plans scheduling the uses which are inherent in the zoning of land for a specific use and also uses for which permission may be granted. This Ordinance made provision for applications to be made to the Town Planning Board for such permissions, thus enabling planning to proceed on a compromise basis. During the year under review, two applicants were granted permissions by the Board on a compromise basis requiring the developer to surrender a large portion of the site or part of the buildings involved, either for Open Space or for Government, institutional or community use.
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ORGANISATION
The Department combines many functions which in other countries would be undertaken by a number of agencies, namely :-
Building (a) The design, construction and maintenance of Government buildings.
(b) The control of private development.
Engineering (a) Land Civil Engineering.
(b) Highway Construction and Traffic Engineering. (c) Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
(d) Railway Engineering including the Mass Transit Studies.
(a) The disposal of Crown Land.
(b) The acquisition of land for public purposes. (c) Land Surveying.
(d) Town Planning.
Water (a) The design and construction of traditional impounding and purification works together with desalination plants and the distribution and sale of fresh and sea water.
1.24
The chart on page (vii) shows the organization of the Department. The object of the organisation is to decentralize wherever possible so that day-to-day decisions on virtually all matters, other than departmental policy and the programming of future projects, can be made by Offices. Headquarters concerns itself with departmental policy, future works programmes and the co-ordination of the needs of Offices.
To provide this co-ordination, weekly meetings are held at which Headquarters and Office representatives consider matters affecting land and development. Very close contacts are maintained between P.W.D. Headquarters and the Colonial Secretariat.
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1.22
The Town Planning (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance which was enacted during the year introduced greater flexibility in statutory planning. Notes were gazetted for statutory outline zoning plans scheduling the uses which are inherent in the zoning of land for a specific use and also uses for which permission may be granted. This Ordinance made provision for applications to be made to the Town Planning Board for such permissions, thus enabling planning to proceed on a compromise basis. During the year under review, two applicants were granted permissions by the Board on a compromise basis requiring the developer to surrender a large portion of the site or part of the buildings involved, either for Open Space or for Government, institutional or community use.
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ORGANISATION
The Department combines many functions which in other countries would be undertaken by a number of agencies, namely :-
Building (a)
The design, construction and maintenance of Government buildings.
(b) The control of private development.
Engineering (a)
Land
Civil Engineering.
(b) Highway Construction and Traffic Engineering. (c) Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
(d) Railway Engineering including the Mass Transit
Studies.
(a) The disposal of Crown Land.
(b) The acquisition of land for public purposes. (c) Land Surveying.
(d) Town Planning.
Water
(a)
The design and construction of traditional impounding and purification works together with desalination plants and the distribution and sale of fresh and sea water.
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The chart on page (vii) shows the organization of the Department. The object of the organisation is to decentralize wherever possible so that day-to-day decisions on virtually all matters, other than departmental policy and the programming of future projects, can be made by Offices. Headquarters concerns itself with departmental policy, future works programmes and the co-ordination of the needs of Offices.
To provide this co-ordination, weekly meetings are held at which Headquarters and Office representatives consider matters affecting land and development. Very close contacts are maintained between P.W.D. Headquarters and the Colonial Secretariat.
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