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SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1988
FOR SITES OF LESS THAN 340 SQUARE METRES BUILDING HEIGHT OF 20 METRES, WHICH IS ABOUT BE ALLOWED.
IN AREA, A MAXIMUM SIX-STOREYS
HIGH, WILL
FOR SITES WITH AN AREA OF 340 SQUARE METRES AND ABOVE, THE BUILDING HEIGHT LIMIT WILL BE EXTENDED TO 81 METRES,
ABOUT IS
25 STOREYS HIGH.
WHICH
THE 81-METRE HEIGHT LIMIT WAS TO ENSURE SOME CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER HIGH-DENSITY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TOWN ADJOINING THE TWO TOWNS, HE EXPLAINED.
INTRODUCE MR CHEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALSO DECIDED TO
A MAXIMUM DOMESTIC PLOT RATIO OF FIVE OR
MAXIMUM NON-DOMESTIC PLOT RATIO OF 9.5 IN THE TWO TOWNS.
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THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING PRACTICE IN RESPECT OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER NEW TOWNS.
TO BRING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, HE SAID, SOMB MINOR
ROAD LAND RESUMPTION IN THE TWO TOWNS WAS REQUIRED FOR
WIDENING AND
AMENITIES IMPROVEMENT.
MR LEAD IN
NOTING THAT LAND OWNERSHIP IN SHEK WU HUI WAS FRAGMENTED, CHEUNG CALLED ON THE SHEK WU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO TAKE THE ENCOURAGING LANDOWNERS TO TAKE PART IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE HUI.
ACTING
AS A PROMOTING
THE
HE PRAISED THE CHAMBER FOR ITS IMPORTANT ROLE IN
LINK AMONG COMMUNICATION
SHOPOWNERS IN SHEK WU HUI, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS MAINTAINING CLOSE CONTACT WITH GOVERNMENT AND VARIOUS LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
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SHA TIN DB HANDLED 642
MEET THE PUBLIC' CASES LAST TERM
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BEEN ON
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THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD'S "MEET THE PUBLIC" SCHEME HAS WELL ACCEPTED BY RESIDENTS AS A CHANNEL FOR EXPRESSING THEIR VIEWS GOVERNMENT PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT AND FOR SOLVING THEIR PROBLEMS, SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
"BETWEEN APRIL 1985 AND MARCH 1988, A TOTAL OF 642 HANDLED UNDER THIS SCHEME, HE SAID.
CASES WERE
TRAFFIC (20.3 PER CENT), ENVIRONMENT (14 CENT) AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS (6.5 PER CENT)."
"THE MAJORITY OF THESE WERE RELATED TO HOUSING (26
PER
PER CENT), CENT), LAND (9.6 PER
"MOST OF