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The Act is formulated in order to improve the living environment for the inhabitant, and to promote a planned and equal development between cities, towns and the rural area. The Ministry of Internal Affair is authorized to deal with urban planning. The Act consists of 87 articles and divided into 8 Chapters. Article 7 defines the terminologies such as general planning, specific planning, priority developing area, etc. Chapter 2 provides for the contents of urban plan, the procedure of amending a