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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1980

MORE OPEN SPACE AND GREEN BELTS

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MORE OPEN SPACE AND GREEN BELT AREAS ARE PROPOSED FOR SHEK KIP MEI IN THE AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT PUBLISHED BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD TODAY (FRIDAY).

ELEVEN AMENDMENTS ARE PROPOSED ON LAND USE, ALLOWING, AMONG OTHERS, FOR A SHOPPING CENTRE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT TERMINUS, RECREATION CLUB AND A PETROL FILLING STATION.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS INCLUDE :

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PARTS OF THE SPACE ALLOCATED TO GOVERNMENT,

INSTITUTION

OR COMMUNITY USE AT TAI HANG SAI STREET HAVE BEEN AMENDED AS OPEN SPACE, AND THE OPEN SPACE NORTH OF CORNWALL STREET HAS BEEN ADJUSTED AND EXTENDED EASTWARDS TO INCLUDE PART OF A GREEN BELT AREA.

SOME SITES NORTH OF NAM SHAN ESTATE HAVE BEEN RE-ZONED AS A GREEN BELT, OPEN SPACE, RESIDENTIAL (B) AND FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION OR COMMUNITY USE.

THE RESIDENTIAL (B) SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF BEGONIA ROAD AND CASSIA ROAD HAS BEEN AMENDED AND EARMARKED FOR A POSSIBLE PRIVATE SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL CLUB.

* AND A SIMILAR RESIDENTIAL AREA WEST OF THE PROPOSED

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY INTERCHANGE STATION HAS BEEN AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TERMINUS AND SHOPPING CENTRE.

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A PETROL FILLING STATION HAS BEEN ANNOTATED ON A SMALL GREEN BELT SITE WHICH WAS AMENDED FOR OTHER USE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CORNWALL STREET.

* THE BOUNDARY OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY ON THE EASTERN PERIMETER OF SHEK KIP MEI, WILL ALSO BE EXTENDED UNDER THE PLAN,

THE AMENDED PLAN MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE, 17TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG- THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (SHAM SHUI PO), NAM SHAN SUB-OFFICE, 21-24 NAM ON STREET, KOWLOON- AND THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, WEST WING ENTRANCE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HONG KONG.

COPIES OF THE DRAFT AMENDMENT PLAN (NO LK 4/338) ARE AVAILABLE AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 19TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, AT $8.50 FOR AN UNCOLOURED COPY AND $60 FÓR A COLOURED COPY.

OBJECTIONS AND SUGGESTED ALTERATIONS TO THE PLAN SHOULD REACH THE SECRETARY OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD, C/O PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MURRAY BUILDING, BEFORE OCTOBER 9, 1980.