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INFORMATION

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

SERVICES BULLETIN

Friday, May 26, 1972

OUTLINE ZONING PLAN FOR URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT

In Central And Western

The Governor-in-Council has approved an amended draft outline

zoning plan prepared by the Town Planning Board for an Urban Renewal

District covering some 280 acres in the Western and Central districts

of Hong Kong Island. It is published in the Gazette today.

The object of the plan is to provide a statutory land use pattern

within which improvements to the physical environment may be achieved for

a planned population of about 200,000.

A number of sites throughout the District are to be acquired for

community uses, including schools, hawker bazaars, pedestrian ways and open

Брасе. Tenants living in buildings which are acquired for these purposes

will be offered accommodation in Government housing estates; in addition

compensation will be paid to tenants of pre-war rent-controlled property.

The majority of the sites chosen for acquisition face onto narrow

lanes and internal courtyards. Redevelopment for other purposes would

result in poor natural lighting and ventilation standards for the buildings.

Access to the buildings for servicing and for fire-fighting appliances would

also be inadequate.

The Town