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Friday, January 19, 1973

Other sites have also been reserved for a Housing Society estate or a

project of a similar nature, and for flats for the higher income groups to cater

for a variety of housing needa that are likely to be required.

Land earmarked for government, institutional and community uses totalled

99.5 acres or 18 per cent of the planning area.

A civic centre, which will include a library, exhibition and community

hall, government offices and estate welfare accommodation, is proposed on the

site of the existing typhoon shelter.

Hospital

Other proposed community facilities include a hospital, schools, a fire

station, two markets, two bus termini, a multi-storey car park and a sewage

treatment plant.

A large open space has been zoned to provide a break between the

government housing estates to the southeast and the proposed commercial/residential

and government, institutional and community zone to the northwest which will be

accessible from all directions.

Various local open spaces have also been reserved to provide as far

as possible an even distribution of such uses within the area.

A four-acre site on the south-eastern part is intended for an outdoor

swimming pool complex which will serve not only Chai Wan, but also Shau Kei Wan.

Other proposals under the new draft plan include extensions to the

Cape Collinson Cemetery and Crematorium (including the Columbarium) and a funeral

parlour to the north of Cape Collinson Road.

As for communications, a high capacity road will connect Shau Kei Wan

with Chai Wan along the northern coast-line, follows the existing alignment of

Wan Tsui Road and link up with Tai Tam via a road tunnel commencing near the

cemeteries.

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