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Friday, January 18, 1974
TSUEN WAN ZONING PLAN APPROVED
The revised Outline Zoning Plan, which covers about one third of
the Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung area, has been approved by the Governor-in-Council.
In the larger context of the Tsuen Wan District, the plan proposes
a balanced pattern of land use, such as the relationship between industrial
and residential zones.
In the areas zoned for residential purposes it is intended, upon
detailed planning, to provide a complete infrastructure of facilities such
as schools, community halls, open spaces, and others.
The revised plan also provides 29 acres of open space for a park
in Tsuen Wan west. The area, fronting Castle Peak Road, was previously
zoned for Green Belt.
However, it was considered that the area was better suited for use
as a park, which would provide a desirable link between the residential
Zones in the adjoining planning area.
Meanwhile, the Wong Nai Chung Outline Zoning Plan has been amended to
rezone a site at Blue Pool Road from green belt to residential.
A spokesman for the Town Planning Board explained that while
preparing the draft plan, the Planning Branch was not aware that the site
had been reserved for a local government officer's o-operative society.
As the site was not shown as a building lot on the base plan, he
said, it was erroneously assumed that it was uncommitted Crown land and
was consequently zoned green belt.
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