AUGUST 15, 1986

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+THIS NEW FACILITY WILL PROVIDE A CONVENIENT WORSHIPPING PLACE FOR LARGE FAMILIES AND WILL OBVIATE THE TROUBLE OF TRAVELLING FROM ONE CEMETERY TO ANOTHER DURING THE CHING MING AND CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVALS,+ THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED,

HE SAID A FAMILY NICHE WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO A PERMITTED PERSON ON PAYMENT OF THE PRESCRIBED FEE AND EACH NICHE MIGHT BE USED FOR THE DEPOSIT OF UP TO FOUR SETS OF CREMATED HUMAN ASHES.

+EACH NICHE WILL BE PROVIDED WITH INDIVIDUAL LIGHTING AND LOCKING DEVICES AND BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF THE CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERIES WILL ALSO PROVIDE SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE TO FAMILY NICHES AFTER THEIR ALLOCATION.+

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MORE HOUSING, OPEN SPACE FOR CHAI WAN *****

MORE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING BLOCKS WILL BE DEVELOPED IN CHAI WAN WITH THE INCORPORATION INTO THE DRAFT CHAI WAN OUTLINE ZONING PLAN OF ABOUT 47 HECTARES OF LAND AT SIU SAI WAN.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD SAID THE SIU SAI WAN DEVELOPMENT AREA IS INCLUDED IN THE PLANNING AREA TO CONFORM WITH THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD BOUNDARY.

LOCATED TO THE EAST OF CHAI WAN, THE LAND WILL BE USED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, AND HOME OWNERSHIP AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME DEVELOPMENTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE PRIVATE HOUSING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT-INSTITUTION-COMMUNITY (GTC) FACILITIES AND DISTRICT OPEN SPACE.

IN THE AMENDED PLAN, AN ADDITIONAL 3.58 HECTARES OF OPEN SPACE WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE DISTRICT WITH THE REZONING OF FOUR SITES.

THESE ARE BETWEEN CHAI WAN ROAD AND KUT SHING STREET, TO THE SOUTH OF WAN TSUI ESTATE, AT THE JUNCTION OF YEE TAI STREET AND CHAI WAN ROAD AND BETWEEN SHEUNG ON STREET AND THE JUNCTION OF WING TAI ROAD AND CHAI WAN ROAD.

THE ZONING BOUNDARY OF A RESIDENTIAL SITE AT FEI TSUI ROAD S REDUCED FROM 4.24 HECTARES TO 3.13 HECTARES DUE TO GEOTECHNICAL REASONS, AS A RESULT OF WHICH MORE GREEN BELT WILL BE PROVIDED.

AN AREA TO THE EAST OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY DEPOT DESIGNATED FOR INDUSTRIAL AND OPEN SPACE USES WILL NOW INCLUDE AN INTERNAL ROAD AND TWO GIC SITES.

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