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Friday, July 28, 1972

NGAU CHI WAN TO REMAIN BASICALLY RESIDENTIAL

Ngau Chi Wan in north-east Kowloon is to remain basically a residential

and green belt area under an outline zoning plan approved by the Governor in

Council.

The plan, covering 464 acres, has been prepared by the Town Planning

Board and provides a land use pattern and major road framework within which

the use and development of the land may be controlled.

By far the largest area 232.8 acres -- has been reserved as a green

belt which takes in the wooded stoep hillsides to the north-east of Ngau Chi

Wan village and the lower slopes of Kowloon Peak.

Almost 60 acres has been zoned for residential and 2.3 acres for

commercial/residential use.

The residential zone includes the existing Choi Hung and Ping Shek

housing estates and a similar estate to be developed immediately to the north

of Clear Water Bay Road. It also includes a further government low-cost housing

estate planned to the east of Hammer Hill Road.

Land for government, institution and community uses occupy 42.2 acres.

Within this area, five acres are reserved for government purposes, including a

polyclinic, market and bus terminus. Space is also allocated for future schools.

Eleven point eight acres has been reserved for open space,

with an

area at the junction of Hammer Hill Road and Lung Cheung Road earmarked for

active recreational facilities.

/The outline