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Friday, April 13, 1973
OUTLINE ZONING PLAN FOR PEAK PUBLISHED
The draft Outline Zoning Plan for the Peak area on Hong Kong
Island was published by the Town Planning Board today.
The object of the plan is to provide a land use pattern and road framework within which the use and intensity of development of land may be legally controlled.
The area covers about 2,052 acres of land comprising part of the central massif of the Island. The boundary lies from the High West just above Queen Mary Hospital and extends eastward to Wong Nei Chung Gap.
It also takes in all the residential areas along both sides of Peak Road, the upper section of Stubbs Road as well as those on the high points of the Peak, and includes a section of Magazine Gap Road.
A total of 216 acres has been zoned for residential use. Most of this zone is already developed. With the residential plot ratio restricted to 0.5, the population on full development will reach about 10,000.
Two small commercial zones are included to provide shopping facilities to the residents. One is at the upper peak tram terminus and the other in Guildford Road.
The government, institution and community zones, which amount to 30 acres, comprise existing and proposed schools and other related facilities.
The Government sites by the peak tram station are intended for a
public transport terminus and a multi-storey carpark.
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