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SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1976

A TOTAL OF 116 HECTARES (287 ACRES) ARE SET ASIDE FOR GREEN BELT AND 12 HECTARES (30 ACRES) FOR DISTRICT OPEN SPACE. ANOTHER 11.6 HECTARES (29 ACRES) HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR A PARK.

THE KWAI CHUNG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN COVERS A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 1,165 HECTARES (2,880 ACRES), COMPRISING 194 HECTARES (480 ACRES) FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, 52 HECTARES (128 ACRES) OF DISTRICT OPEN SPACE. 46.5 HECTARES (115 ACRES) FOR COUNTRY PARKS, AND 329 HECTARES (813 ACRES) FOR GREEN BELT.

ANOTHER 152 HECTARES (375 ACRES) ARE RESERVED FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USE, SUCH AS SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTRES, CARPARKS, FIRE STATIONS, POLICE STATIONS AND CLINICS.

COPIES OF THE TWO PLANS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1 AT THE P.W.D.'S TOWN PLANNING OFFICE, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN), AND AT THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE.

NEW DIVISIONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT FAN LING

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DIVISIONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT FAN

LING.

THE NEW COMPLEX WILL BE BUILT ON A 3,330-SQUARE-METRE SITE NEAR THE FAN LING ROUNDABOUT AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI PO ROAD AND SHA TAU KOK ROAD.

IT WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING SHEUNG SHUI POLICE STATION, BUILT BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR, AND PROVIDE NEW ACCOMMODATION FOR THE FRONTIER DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS NOW HOUSED IN NISSAN (TUNNEL-SHAPED) HUTS AT FAN LING.

MR. K.M. TSENG, CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY BUILDING WORK WOULD BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER AND THE NEW STATION WAS EXPECTED TO BE READY BY MARCH 1978.

HE SAID THE NEW COMPLEX WOULD COMPRISE A STATION BUILDING OF FIVE STOREYS, A THREE-STOREY QUARTERS BLOCK AND A SINGLE-STOREY GARAGE BLOCK.

THE STATION BUILDING WOULD HAVE OFFICES, CELLS AND ARMOURY ON THE LOWER TWO FLOORS, AND BARRACKS, CANTEENS, RECREATION AND LAUNDRY FACILITIES ON THE UPPER FLOORS.

APART FROM PARKING FACILITIES, THE GARAGE BLOCK WOULD ALSO CONTAIN A SERVICE BAY AND A TRANSPORT OFFICE.

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