FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1994
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AN AREA OF ABOUT SIX HECTARES ALONG FAIRVIEW PARK BOULEVARD HAS ZONED COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL'.
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IN ADDITION, ABOUT 35 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN ZONED VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT' TO FACILITATE EXISTING AND FUTURE VILLAGE
DEVELOPMENTS.
DEVELOPMENT HECTARES OF
OTHER TYPES OF LAND USES INCLUDE ABOUT 33 HECTARES OF 'RECREATION' ZONE FOR RECREATION AND ECO-TOURISM COMPLEMENTARY TO THE SSSI AND THE WETLAND AREAS; SEVEN
'OPEN SPACE' ZONE; 10 HECTARES OF 'GOVERNMENT/INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY' ZONE; AND THREE HECTARES OF OPEN STORAGE' ZONE TO CATER FOR THE DEMAND FOR OPEN STORAGE SITES IN THE AREA.
THE NAM SANG WAI OZP ALSO GIVES RECOGNITION TO THE NEED TO PROTECT THE MAI PO NATURE RESERVE AND TO PRESERVE THE LANDSCAPE AND WETLAND HABITATS IN THE DEEP BAY AREA.
ABOUT 140 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN ZONED 'CONSERVATION AND 'GREEN BELT' ON THE PLAN.
AREA'
TO CATER FOR THE NEED OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, ABOUT 16 HAU HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN ZONED 'RESIDENTIAL (GROUP C)' IN CHUNG YU MAN SAN TSUEN.
MEANWHILE, ABOUT 30 HECTARES IN TAI SHANG WAI, MAN YUEN TSUEN AND TO THE SOUTH OF KAM TIN RIVER HAVE BEEN ZONED 'RESIDENTIAL (GROUP D) TO ENCOURAGE UPGRADING OF THE EXISTING TEMPORARY DOMESTIC ACCOMMODATIONS.
ABOUT 33 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN ZONED 'VILLAGE TYPE DEVELOPMENT' FOR EXISTING AND FUTURE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENTS.
IN ADDITION, ABOUT 200 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN ZONED 'RECREATION' FOR RECREATION AND ECO-TOURISM DEVELOPMENTS WHICH ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE NEARBY SSSIS AND THE ADJOINING WETLAND AREAS.
AN AREA OF ABOUT 57 HECTARES TO THE NORTH OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD (YUEN LONG SECTION) HAS BEEN ZONED 'UNDETERMINED'. ANY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS OR REDEVELOPMENTS IN THIS ZONE WOULD REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF MASTER LAYOUT PLANS TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
OTHER TYPES OF LAND USES INCLUDE ABOUT 11 HECTARES OF 'OPEN SPACE' ZONE SEVEN HECTARES OF OPEN STORAGE' ZONE; FOUR HECTARES OF 'INDUSTRIAL (GROUP D}' ZONE;
AND
'GOVERNMENT/INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY' ZONE.
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HECTARES
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THE MAIN FEATURE IN THE LUK KENG AND WO HANG OZP, ON THE OTHER HAND,
IS THE DESIGNATION OF 110 HECTARES OF AGRICULTURE' ZONE, WHICH AIMS AT PRESERVING GOOD AGRICULTURAL LAND.
ABOUT NINE HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN ZONED 'COASTAL PROTECTION AREA' ON THE OZP TO RETAIN THE EXISTING NATURAL COASTLINE AND TO PROTECT AREAS OF ECOLOGICAL AND LANDSCAPE SIGNIFICANCE; AND 195 HECTARES HAVE BEEN ZONED 'CONSERVATION AREA' TO PROTECT THE NATURAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
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