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5.3.12 RECREATIONAL/SCENIC AREAS: The height restrict-
ions imposed by the runway configurations cause no incompatibilities with existing or committed development. The hill masses on the Mong Tseng peninsula, however, will have to be reduced to at least 30 m P.D. (its highest peak is 75 m P.D.). Without doubt this would mark а loss to the re- creational and scenic value of the area (the Mong Tseng Peninsula was denoted as a special manage- ment area in the North West New Territories Study) and would create an after-use problem in view of its immediate proximity to runways. Its future use in agricultural terms (possibly horticulture or nursery production) is worthy of investigation Agriculture is well established in the area at present and whilst it will be affected by the 30 NEF contour and present residents will be re-sited, there is no reason why inten- sive agriculture should not be pursued in this location.
however.
5.3.13 Until the requirement and sources for borrow have
been more precisely identified, it would be mis- leading to elaborate upon the environmental impact of such operations, on the other hill areas that skirt the Deep Bay coast. Over the past ten years in the New Territories, methods of working, re- storation techniques, and the general approach to the after use of borrow areas has improved meas- urably. The environs of all of the new towns have shown the effects of extensive borrow and there is no concealing the fact that the environmental damage is controlable only within certain limits. It is to be hoped that extensive borrowing of the Castle Peak Range, the Lau Fau Shan Hills, and the Mong Tseng Peninsula can be planned and executed in a sensitive a manner as possible.
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