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Friday, December 8, 1972
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO DRAFT KWAI CHUNG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN
The Town Planning Board has proposed to extend the planning
area of the draft outline zoning plan for Kwai Chung to the boundary
of the New Territories and New Kowloon.
The proposed amendment will include in the planning area the
Tai Wo Tsuen borrow area, which is above the Castle Peak Road near Kau
Wah Kang. The additional area also includes Kau Wah Kang Village.
November.
The draft plan was first exhibited for public inspection in last
As a result of the amendment, a further 198 acres of land will
be added to the land covered by the plan of which 57 acres will be for
residential development.
The residential zone will include the proposed Kau Wah Kang
Government Low Cost Housing Estate for about 12,000 people. The whole
estate is expected to be completed in 1979.
The Tai Wo Tauen borrow area, worked in connection with the
development of the container port, will produce platform areas of about
10 acres intended for low density residentail purposes.
A three-acre commercial zone is reserved north of the Lai Chai
Kok Amusement Park and will include a bus terminus.
Two areas totalling 48 acres are zoned for government, institutional
and community uses. The major uses in the larger area are the Lai Chi Kok
Hospital, now nearing completion, and the existing Waterworks Service
Reservoir. The smaller area is the Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park.
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