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Friday, December 8, 1972

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO DRAFT KWAI CHUNG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN

The Town Planning Board has proposed to extend the planning

area of the draft outline zoning plan for Kwai Chung to the boundary

of the New Territories and New Kowloon.

The proposed amendment will include in the planning area the

Tai Wo Tsuen borrow area, which is above the Castle Peak Road near Kau

Wah Kang. The additional area also includes Kau Wah Kang Village.

November.

The draft plan was first exhibited for public inspection in last

As a result of the amendment, a further 198 acres of land will

be added to the land covered by the plan of which 57 acres will be for

residential development.

The residential zone will include the proposed Kau Wah Kang

Government Low Cost Housing Estate for about 12,000 people. The whole

estate is expected to be completed in 1979.

The Tai Wo Tauen borrow area, worked in connection with the

development of the container port, will produce platform areas of about

10 acres intended for low density residentail purposes.

A three-acre commercial zone is reserved north of the Lai Chai

Kok Amusement Park and will include a bus terminus.

Two areas totalling 48 acres are zoned for government, institutional

and community uses. The major uses in the larger area are the Lai Chi Kok

Hospital, now nearing completion, and the existing Waterworks Service

Reservoir. The smaller area is the Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park.

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