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FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1994
THE
THREE DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREA PLANS APPROVED
* * * *
HAS APPROVED THREE DEVELOPMENT GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL
HEUNG, PERMISSION AREA (DPA) PLANS FOR MAI PO AND FAIRVIEW PARK, PAT AND SHEK KONG IN THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES.
THE MAJOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ON THESE DPAS ARE AGRICULTURE AND MIXED COMMERCIAL FISHING. RURAL INDUSTRIAL AND OPEN STORAGE USES ARE WITH RURAL SETTLEMENTS.
AGRICULTURAL AND "IN RECENT YEARS, DUE TO THE
BEEN FISHING ACTIVITIES, MANY AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND FISH PONDS HAVE
MATERIALS, FOR CONSTRUCTION OPEN STORAGE TO WORKSHOPS, CONVERTED
TOWN A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TIMBER, USED MOTOR VEHICLES AND CONTAINERS, PLANNING BOARD SAID.
DECLINE
OF
"THESE USES HAVE CAUSED GENERAL
ENVIRONMENT.'
DEGRADATION
OF
THE RURAL
THE
то PROVIDE INTERIM PLANNING THE DPA
WERE PUBLISHED PLANS
AREAS PENDING CONTROL AND
GUIDANCE FOR THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PREPARATION OF OUTLINE ZONING PLANS (OZPS), THE SPOKESMAN ADDED,
REPLACEMENT OZPS FOR THESE AREAS ARE NOW BEING PREPARED BY BOARD AND WOULD BE EXHIBITED FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION SHORTLY.
THE
ON THE MAI PO AND FAIRVIEW PARK DPA PLAN, ABOUT 430 HECTARES OF LAND IN THE MAI PO NATURE RESERVE (MPNR) AND MAI PO FUNG SHUI WOODLAND IN DEEP BAY BUFFER ZONES ONE AND TWO HAVE BEEN ZONED 'SITE OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST' (SSSI).
SPECIAL
AN
THE NATURE RESERVE AND ITS ADJACENT INTERTIDAL MUDFLATS ARE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED WETLAND HABITAT FOR A VARIETY OF SPECIES OF WATERFOWLS AND A STOP-OVER POINT FOR THOUSANDS OF MIGRATORY BIRDS.
IT PROVIDES A FEEDING AND RESTING PLACE FOR A NUMBER OF SPECIES OF THE OF MIGRATORY BIRDS AND MAINTAINS AN IMPORTANT MANGROVE AREA
TERRITORY.
ONE OF FOR
"THE MAI PO FUNG SHUI WOODLAND, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS FEW EGRETRIES IN HONG KONG PROVIDING A RESTING AND BREEDING PLACE SEVERAL HUNDRED EGRETS."
THE SPOKESMAN SAID STRICT DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS HAD BEEN IMPOSED ENHANCE WITHIN THE 'SSSI'. ONLY USES WHICH SUPPORT CONSERVATION AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND FRATURES WILL BE PERMITTED,
SHANG
MEANWHILE, 147 HECTARES OF LAND IN FAIRVIEW PARK AND WO
{GROUP () FOR LOW-DENSITY HAVE ALSO BEEN ZONED 'RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL USES.
WAI
DEVELOPMENT IS RESTRICTED TO MAXIMUM PLOT RATIO OF COVERAGE OF 20 PER CENT AND BUILDING HEIGHT OF TWO STOREYS LEVEL OF CARPORT OR THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY, THE GREATER,
0.4, SITE OVER ONE
IS
WHICHEVER
/ON THE