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SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1978

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MAJOR COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES

EARMARKED FOR SHA TIN

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A TOWN CENTRE WITH MAJOR COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING A PUBLIC LIBRARY. PUBLIC HALL AND AUDITORIUM, AND A MAGISTRACY, IS PROPOSED FOR SHA TIN UNDER A DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN PREPARED EY THE TOWN PLANNING EGARD.

THE TOWN CENTRE, WITH AN AREA CF 18 HECTARES, WILL BE SITUATED IN SHA TIN VALLEY BETWEEN THE EXISTING SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION AND THE SHING MUN RIVER.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD SAID THAT THE AIM OF BUILDING SHA TIN NEW TOWN WAS TO CREATE A NEW SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITY FOR SOME 500,000 PEOPLE IN AN ATTRACTIVE ENVIRONMENT.

THE DRAFT PLAN COVERS A TOTAL OF 2,396 HECTARES, OF THIS, 442 HECTARES WILL BE ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, 129 HECTARES FOR VILLAGE TYPE DEVELOPMENT, 219 HECTARES FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES, WHICH INCLUDE A POLYTECHNIC AND A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, A TEACHING HOSPITAL AND POLYCLINICS, A MAJOR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, A REFUSE COMPOSTING PLANT AND A STADIUM,

A TOTAL OF 116 HECTARES IS EARMARKED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE, 338 HECTARES FOR DISTRICT OPEN SPACE, 981 HECTARES FOR GREEN BELT, 39 HECTARES FOR RAILWAY LAND AND 88 HECTARES FOR OTHER SPECIFIED USES.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT ANOTHER 26 HECTARES OF LAND HAD BEEN RESERVED TO MEET ANY POSSIELE UNFORESEEN REQUIREMENTS THAT MIGHT. IN THE LONG TERM, ARISE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF CHANGES OF STANDARDS AND NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES.

+USE OF SUCH AREAS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE FOR TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ADJOINING USES,+ HE ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A DOMINANT FEATURE IN THE TOWN PLAN WAS THE PROVISION OF LARGE LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACES ALONG THE RIVER FRONT IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWN CENTRE, PROVIDING A MAJOR SPINE FOR PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE MOVEMENT.

+THE REA AT THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN PLAN WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A FORMAL TOWN PARK ..ITH MAJOR SPORTING AND SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX ADJOINING IT, HE ADDED.

COPIES OF THE DRAFT PLAN, TOGETHER WITH A NEW SET OF NOTES WHICH DEFINE THE PERMITTED USES AS WELL AS THOSE WHICH MAY BE EXCEPTIONALLY PERMITTED BY THE TOAN PLANNING BOARD, MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, THE DISTRICT OFFICE (SHA TIN) AND AT THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

UNDER A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF GOVERNMENT GAZETTE ANY PERSON OBJECTING TO THE PLAN OR NOTES SHOULD SUBMIT HIS OEJECTIONS IN WRITING BEFORE OCTCIER 24, 1978 TO THE SECRETAFY OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD, C/O PUTLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MURRAY BUILDING, HONG KONG.

COPIES OF THE DRAFT PLAN MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE P.W.D.'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 19TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, AT 95 PER COPY (UNCOLOURED) AND (57) PET COPY (COLOURED).

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