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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1974
REVISED CHAI WAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVED
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THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE REVISED OUTLINE ZONING PLAN FOR CHAI WAN.
THE OBJECT OF THE NEW PLAN, WHICH SUPERSEDES THE PREVIOUS ONE, IS TO PROVIDE A STATUTORY LAND USE PATTERN AND MAJOR ROAD FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAND MAY BE LEGALLY CONTROLLED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD SAID TODAY.
THE PLAN, WHICH COVERS AN AREA OF 945 ACRES, AIMS TO DEVELOP CHAI WAN INTO A SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP WITH ALL THE NECESSARY FACILITIES TO SERVE AN ESTIMATED FUTURE POPULATION OF 160,000.
EARMARKED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE ARE 95.3 ACRES OF LAND. THIS INCLUDES THE EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND TWO OTHER ESTATES TO BE BUILT ON THE RECLAMATION AND AT THE COTTAGE ESTATE AREA BETWEEN TAI TAM ROAD AND CHAI WAN ROAD.
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ALTOGETHER 34.6 ACRES OF LAND HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR A LARGE OPEN SPACE WHICH WILL PROVIDE A BREAK BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT HOUSING ESTATES TO THE SOUTHEAST AND THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL/ RESIDENTIAL AND GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY ZONE TO
THE NORTHWEST.
WITHIN THIS AREA A FOUR-ACRE SITE ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN PART OF THE PLAN HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR AN OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WHICH WILL SERVE NOT ONLY CHAI WAN, BUT ALSO SHAU KE! WAN.
LAND EARMARKED FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY USES TOTALS 99.5 ACRES.
A CIVIC CENTRE IS PROPOSED ON THE SITE OF THE EXISTING TYPHOON SHELTER. IT WILL INCLUDE A LIBRARY, EXHIBITION AND COMMUNITY HALL, GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND ESTATE WELFARE ACCOMMODATION.
OTHER PROPOSED COMMUNITY FACILITIES INCLUDE A HOSPITAL, SCHOOLS, A FIRE STATION, TWO MARKETS, TVO BUS TERMINI, A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK AND A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.
COPIES OF THE APPROVED PLAN WITH THE ACCOMPANY ING EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ARE AVAILABLE AT $25 PER COLOURED COPY AND $5 FOR AN UNCOLOURED COPY, FROM THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE. FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG.
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