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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1987
ENVIRONMENT OF SOUTHERN HK TO BE PRESERVED
A MAJOR POSITIVE STEP HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE TOWN BOARD TO PRESERVE THE PLEASANT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF
PLAN HILL AND REPULSE BAY BY ISSUING A DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING AREA.
PLANNING SHOUSON FOR THE
WAS CONTROL
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PLAN A SPOKESMAN OF THE BOARD SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE PUT DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA UNDER STATUTORY AND TO MAINTAIN ITS CHARACTER AND AMENITIES.
"THE PLAN AT THE SAME TIME IMPOSES STRICT CONTROLS ON THE AMOUNT OF BUILDING IN THE AREA THROUGH INTRODUCING SPECIFIC
AND PLOT RESTRICTIONS ON BUILDING HEIGHT, SITE COVERAGE
RATIO," HE
SAID.
THE AREA COVERED BY THE NEW PLAN INCLUDES SHOUSON HILL, DEEP CHUK WATER BAY, REPULSE BAY AND SOUTH BAY AREA. IT IS BOUNDED BY WONG HANG ROAD AND ABERDEEN TUNNEL IN THE WEST, ABERDEEN COUNTRY PARK IN THE NORTH AND TAI TAM COUNTRY PARK IN THE EAST.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PARKS CREATED A VERY PLEASANT BACKGROUND OF AESTHETIC AND VISUAL VALUE IN THE AREA.
BAY, REPULSE "FOUR SCENIC BATHING BEACHES, NAMELY, DEEP WATER
SOUTH BAY, ARE BAY, MIDDLE BAY AND
INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. THESE AND HOUSES OF POPULAR BEACHES, TOGETHER WITH THE WELL-WOODED SLOPES
HIGH AMENITY VALUE HIGH ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY, GIVE THE AREA A
AND RENDER IT A RECREATIONAL ASSET FOR THE TERRITORY.
"SHOUSON HILL AND REPULSE BAY ARE HIGH QUALITY RESIDENTIAL
WHICH ARE DISTRICTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND,
PREDOMINANTLY FILLED WITH
ACTIVITIES THE COMMERCIAL
ARE LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. MAINLY TO SERVE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BEACH-GOERS.
"THE SCALE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IS
OF THE
SURROUNDING
REGULATED TO ENSURE
THAT THE
NOT AMENITY
NEIGHBOURHOOD WILL
SUBJECT ADVERSELY AFFECTED. SITES WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL ZONES ARE
MAXIMUM OF TWO STOREYS OR A BUILDING HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF A
EXISTING BUILDINGS WHICHEVER IS HEIGHT OF THE
THE GREATER,
SPOKESMAN SAID.
BE ΤΟ
THE
THE
81'
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PLAN IS WHICH WILL CONNECT ABERDEEN TO REPULSE BAY, STANLEY AND TAI TAM.
A PROPOSED CHAJ WAN
TRUNK
'ROUTE ROAD, VTA DEEP WATER BAY,
THE LONG-TERM
HOWEVER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, SCHEME WAS UNLIKELY TO BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE 1992.
ROAD
DEVELOPMENT
THE PRESENT POPULATION OF THE
IS ABOUT 9,000 DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT WILL
ACCOMMODATE
PLANNED AREA
20,000
OF 400
HECTARES
PEOPLE UPON FULL
WRITTEN CBJECTIONS