FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1978
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NEW DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN
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THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD TODAY PUBLISHED A NEW DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN FOR TSZ WAN SHAN, DIAMOND HILL AND SAN PO KONG COVERING A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 265 HECTARES.
IT PROVIDES ABOUT 64 HECTARES FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, NINE HECTARES FOR COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, 29 HECTARES FOR INDUSTRIAL USE, ONE FIFTH OF A HECTARE FOR COMMERCIAL USE AND 37 HECTARES FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES, SUCH AS SCHOOLS, PLAYGROUNDS, COMMUNITY CENTRES AND MARKETS.
A MAJOR FEATURE OF THE PLAN IS THE ZONING OF SEVERAL AREAS NOW OCCUPIED BY VILLAGE AND SQUATTER DEVELOPMENT IN TAI HOM FOR INDUSTRIAL USE. THE AREA COVERED IS ABOUT 10 HECTARES AND WILL BE A VALUABLE EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL AREA IN SAN PO KONG.
A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 17 HECTARES IS EARMARKED FOR OPEN SPACE, INCLUDING PART OF THE LAND SOUTH OF FUNG TAK ROAD, AN AREA SOUTH OF LUNG CHEUNG ROAD AT SHA TIN PASS INTERSECTION, AN AREA ON EITHER SIDE OF LOK WAH STREET, SEVERAL AREAS WITHIN THE TAI HOM INDUSTRIAL AREA, AND A LARGE AREA TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE SAN PO KONG INDUSTRIAL AREA.
OPEN SPACE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE CHUK YUEN ESTATE, AND WITHIN OTHER AREAS OF LAND ZONED FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD SAID THAT IN ADDITION TO THE VARIOUS AREAS OF OPEN SPACE, SOME 55 HECTARES HAD BEEN SET ASIDE FOR GREEN BELT TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF THE DISTRICT.
+THIS GREEN BELT AREA COVERS THE STEEP SLOPES WHICH RISE BEYOND THE EXISTING SHA TIN PASS AND TSZ WAN SHAN ESTATES, AND ALSO BEYOND THE PROPOSED CHUK YUEN ESTATE,+ HE SAID.
+THE REMAINDER OF THE GREEN BELT ZONE IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPOSED TAI HOM INDUSTRIAL AREA PART OF WHICH IS AT PRESENT BEING USED AS THE DIAMOND HILL QUARRY. +
ON COMMUNICATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PLANNING AREA WOULD BE SERVED BY TWO MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATIONS, ONE AT WONG TAI SIN AND THE OTHER, THE DIAMOND HILL STATION, AT TAI HOM.
+THE WONG TAI SIN STATION WILL SERVE THE HOUSING ESTATES AT WONG TAI SIN AND CHUK YUEN WHILE THE DIAMOND HILL STATION WILL SERVE THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF TAI HOM AND SAN PO KONG, + HE SAID.
/+IN ADDITION,