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About 25 hectares of land have been zoned 'Industrial' and 'Industrial (Group D) to allow for the development of light manufacturing industries and rural workshops so as to provide employment opportunities for the area.
To cater for the continuing demand for open storage, about 19 hectares have been zoned 'Open Storage'. Another 55 hectares of land to the west of Tin Sam, east of Hung Tin Road to the south of Ping Ha Road and Tin Fuk Road and to the east of Long Tin Road have been zoned 'Undetermined'.
A substantial portion of land, about 229 hectares in total, have been zoned 'Green Belt' and 'Conservation Area' to define the limits of urban and sub-urban development areas and to retain the existing natural landscapes and topographical features in rural areas.
The draft Tong Yan San Tsuen OZP covers about 648 hectares of land.
"The plan intends to designate sub-urban developments in appropriate locations, to encourage upgrading of the environment through comprehensively planned development and. to preserve the rural character of the Tong Yan San Tsuen
area.
"Sufficient land has been reserved for village expansion, and to contain and improve some less undesirable open storage and industrial uses currently operating along the major access," the spokesman said.
About 115 hectares of land have been zoned 'Residential (Group A)', 'Residential (Group B)', 'Residential (Group C)' and 'Residential (Group D)' to allow sub-urban types of development with different intensities.
Meanwhile, about 54 hectares have been zoned 'Village Type Development' to recognise the development rights of the indigenous villagers.
Two sites of about 3.3 hectares have been zoned 'Comprehensive Development Area' to provide significant improvement to environment. One of the sites is located along Castle Peak Road and west of Hung Tin Road and the other is located to the west of Tan Kwai Tsuen Road.
To serve the needs of the local as well as district population, about 16 hectares have been reserved for 'Government/Institution/Community' and about seven hectares have been zoned 'Open Space'.