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Yuen Long District Lands Office, ninth to 11th floor, Yuen Long Government Offices, 2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long, New Territories; and
Yuen Long District Office, Yuen Long District Branch Offices Bilding, 269 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long, New Territories.
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Mui Wo Fringe Development Permission Area Plan approved
The Governor-in-Council has approved the Mui Wo Fringe Development Permission Area (DPA) Plan (No. DPA/LI-MWF/2), a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (Friday).
"The plan will provide a planning framework to guide and control developments within the DPA," he noted.
The Mui Wo Fringe DPA plan covers an area of about 240 hectares immediately to the west and south of the Mui Wo proper on Lantau Island.
The major economic activities in the area include commercial farming and market gardening, such as growing of vegetables and flowers.
island.
The fringe area of Mui Wo remains one of the main agricultural areas on the
Although the area is not accessible to motor traffic at the moment, the availability of relatively flat land and its close proximity to the developed parts of Mui Wo has attracted certain undesirable developments such as open storage, temporary workshops and improper dumping.
These uncoordinated uses have caused general degradation of the rural environment.
"The Mui Wo Fringe DPA plan has been prepared to enable enforcement actions to be undertaken against unauthorised developments within the DPA," the spokesman said.
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