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FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1975.
TAI KOK TSUI DRAFT OUTLINE
ZONING PLAN PUBLISHED *******
MORE LAND FOR GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONAL USES IS PROPOSED IN THE NEW TÁI KOK TSUI DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD. THIS PLAN REPLACES THE EXISTING ONE PUBLISHED ON JUNE 1, 1973.
AMONG THE 'PROPOSALS, WHICH AIM AT MAKING UP THE DEFICIENCY OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE TEEMING DISTRICT, ARE A CULTURAL CENTRE, THREE MULTI-PURPOSE GOVERNMENT COMPLEXES AND MORE OPEN SPACE.
A SITE ON THE PROPOSED RECLAMATION TO THE WEST OF TUNG CHAU STREET HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE CULTURAL CENTRE WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE MAIN CIVIC ACTIVITIES FOR THE DISTRICT.
THE THREE PROPOSED GOVERNMENT COMPLEXES INTENDED TO SERVE AS LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTRES WILL INCORPORATE SUCH FACILITIES AS MARKETS, HAWKER BAZAARS, SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, ASSEMBLY HALLS AND PARKING SPACE..
THEY WILP BE SITUATED AT THE JUNCTIONS OF PEI HO STREET WITH TAI NAN STREET, BOUNDARY STREET WITH TAI KOK TSUI ROAD, AND ANCHOR STREET WITH BEECH STREET.
A LARGE AREA NEXT TO THE PROPOSED CULTURAL CENTRE ON THE RECLAMATION HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD AS A PUBLIC RECREATIONAL AREA.
IN ADDITION, SITES HAVE ALSO BEEN EARMARKED FOR THREE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, A VEHICULAR FERRY PIER, AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA, THE BOARD PROPOSES TO BUILD MORE NEW ROADS. THESE INCLUDE ELEVATED ROADS OVER TAI KOK TSUI ROAD AND TUNG CHAU STREET AND TWO FLYOVERS - ONE LINKING BOUNDARY STREET WITH CHEUNG SHA' WAN ROAD AND ANOTHER JOINING PRINCE EDWARD ROAD WITH LAI CHI KOK ROAD.
THE PROPOSED ELEVATED ROADS WILL FORM PART OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR ROAD NETWORK.
PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGES AND SUBWAYS ARE ALSO RECOMMENDED AT VARIOUS BUSY ROAD CROSSING POINTS.
THE BOARD'S VIEW