《LAND-USE PLANNING IN HONG KONG HISTORY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES》

1. What is Town Planning?1

Introduction1

The Meaning of Planning2

Land-use Planning: A Derivative4

An Ideology of Planning?5

The Land-use Planning Process8

Process and Processes12

Town Planning in Hong Kong: A Preliminary Comment16

2. The Early Beginnings: 1841-194122

Early Plans for the Colony22

Development in the Nineteenth Century26

Towards Comprehensive Building Legislation31

Early Twentieth-century Development37

The 1922 Town Planning Scheme41

The Inter-war Years42

From Development Control to Town Planning52

Conclusion57

3. The Formative Years: 1945-197365

The Establishment of Town Planning65

Consolidation of the System73

Expansion and Refinement85

Conclusion101

4. Pressures for Change: The 1970s108

Planning Administration108

District Administration119

Planning Legislation122

Plan-making in the 1970s131

Development Policies during the 1970s135

Conclusion143

5. Current Practice151

The Legislative Framework152

The Administration of Land-use Planning166

Plans and Procedures174

Conclusion200

6. Some Case Studies207

Striving for the Impossible: Attempts at Legislative Reform207

Some Problems of Legitimacy214

The Problem of Urban Renewal218

Planning and Participation: The Example of the Central Area231

Land-use Planning in the New Territories: Two Selected Issues242

Transport Planning: A Comment247

7. Some Questions about Planning in Hong Kong257

Why Plan?257

Some Planning Policy Issues263

The Future284

Bibliography299

Index318