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FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1976

SHEK KIP MEI OUTLINE ZONING PLAN

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MORE RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES ARE PROPOSED IN A REVISED OUTLINE ZONING PLAN FOR SHEK KIP MEI PREPARED BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD.

THE NEW DRAFT PLAN INCLUDES THREE ZONING CHANGES AS WELL AS A NEW FORM OF NOTES WHICH DEFINE THE PERMITTED USES OF THE VARIOUS SITES AS WELL AS THOSE WHICH MAY BE EXCEPTIONALLY PERMITTED BY THE BOARD.

ONE MAJOR AMENDMENT IS THE REZONING OF A LARGE AREA OPPOSITE THE TAI HANG TUNG ESTATE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THIS AREA, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY RESERVED PARTLY FOR INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL, AND FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES, PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL FOUR HECTARES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND IS TO BE DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE NEARBY ESTATES.

OTHER CHANGES ARE THE PROVISION OF A COMMERCIAL/ RESIDENTIAL SITE OFF TAT CHEE AVENUE EXTENSION AND SITES FOR PETROL FILLING STATIONS ALONG TAI PO ROAD.

THE PLAN COVERS A TOTAL AREA OF 221.8 HECTARES, OF WHICH 82.2 HECTARES ARE RESERVED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, 34.8 HECTARES FOR OPEN SPACE AND 33 HECTARES FOR GREEN BELT.

A TOTAL OF 44.8 HECTARES IS EARMARKED FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES SUCH AS SCHOOLS, CLINICS AND COMMUNITY CENTRES.

ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD, THE NEED FOR FURTHER SITES FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES WAS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN THE NEXT DECADE AND SITES HAVE THEREFORE BEEN PROVIDED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT.

TENTATIVE RESERVATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR A HOSPITAL AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ADJOINING NAM CHEONG STREET AND CORNWALL STREET, HE SAID.

TENTATIVE RESERVATIONS HAD ALSO BEEN MADE FOR A CIVIC CENTRE NEXT TO THE EXISTING POLICE STATION AT TAI HANG SAI STREET. FURTHER SITES FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES HAD ALSO BEEN RESERVED ALONG THE NORTHERN SECTION OF TAT CHEE AVENUE, HE ADDED.

COPIES OF THE DRAFT AMENDED PLAN, INCLUDING THE NEW NOTES, ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE CITY DISTRICT OFF ICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN), THE SHAM SHUI PO C.D.C., AND AT THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MURRAY BUILDING.

UNDER A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE, ANY PERSON AFFECTED BY THE AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN OBJECTIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TOWN PLANNING ECARD, C/0 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MURRAY BUILDING, HONG KONG, BEFORE OCTOBER 12, 1976.

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