XN000022-1975-02-28 — Page 5

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1975

KWAI CHUNG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN APPROVED

+

******

THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE OUTLINE ZONING PLAN FOR KWAI CHUNG.

THE OBJECT OF THE PLAN, WHICH REPLACES THE KWAI CHUNG PART OF A LARGER PLAN EMBRACING TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI, IS TO BRING UP TO DATE THE STATUTORY LAND USE PATTERN AND MAJOR ROAD FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAND MAY BE LEGALLY CONTROLLED.

THE PLAN, COVERING AN AREA OF 2,884 ACRES, ALSO AIMS TO CONSOLIDATE AND REGULARISE THE USE OF LAND IN THE DISTRICT, TO BRING UP TO DATE THE PLANNING PROPOSALS FOR THE AREA AND TO ENSURE A PROPER BALANCE BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THE POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ABOUT 550,000 BY 1983.

F

EARMARKED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE ARE 480 ACRES OF LAND. THESE AREAS INCLUDE A NUMBER OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED PUBLIC HOUSING ESTAES. IN ADDITION, 149 ACRES OF LAND HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR VILLAGE TYPE DEVELOPMENT, COVERING AREAS MAINLY OCCUPIED BY VILLAGES RESITED OR TO BE RESITED FROM THE PLANNING AREA OR NEXT DOOR TSUEN WAN.

ANOTHER 375 ACRES OF LAND ARE RESERVED FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USE, SUCH AS SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTRES, CAR PARKS, FIRE STATIONS, POLICE STATIONS AND CLINICS.

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT ACRES ARE ZONED FOR DISTRICT KOPEN SPACE, TE DEVELOPMENT OF WHICH WILL PROVIDE TWO SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES AND A COUNTRY PARK. A GREEN BELT TOTALLING 813 ACRES WILL ESTABLISH THE LIMITS OF URBAN EXPANSION OF KWAI CHUNG ON THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE PLANNING AREA,

FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES, 254 ACRES ARE SET ASIDE. PROVISION OF INDUSTRIAL LAND IN KWAI CHUNG IS MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INDUSTRIAL LAND PLANNED FOR TSUEN WAN AND TSING YI, THUS ENSURING THAT SUFFICIENT INDUSTRIAL LAND IS RESERVED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE POTENTIAL LABOUR FORCE OF THE TOWN AS A WHOLE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPANSION OF ESTABLISHED INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES.

AS FOR COMMUNICATIONS, AN AREA IS RESERVED ABOUT MIDWAY ALONG THE NEW KWAI CHUNG ROAD FOR A +DIAMOND+ ROAD-INTERCHANGE. AN EXISTING ROAD BRIDGE LINKS KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI, A ROAD LINK TO SHA TIN IS ALSO BEING PLANNED.

/APART FRO1

.