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ALSO INCLUDED IS THE PROPOSED PARK DEVELOPMENT ON THE RECLAIMED LAND SOUTH OF THE LAI CHI KOK PARK SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX. THIS WILL SUPPLEMENT THE EXISTING PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT/INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND REDRESS THE SHORTFALL OF OPEN SPACE.

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SITES HAVE ALSO BEEN RESERVED FOR A PRIMARY SCHOOL, SPECIAL SCHOOL, AN AREA CENTRE AT MEI LAI ROAD AND A BUS TERMINUS SOUTH OF THE AMUSEMENT PARK.

THESE WILL SERVE THE POPULATION OF LAI CHI KOK WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TOTAL 52 000 WHEN DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETED.

INCLUDED IN THE ZONING PLAN IS THE TENTATIVE ALIGNMENT OF THE PROPOSED KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY WHICH HAS BEEN SET 150 METRES OUT FROM THE PRESENT SEAWALL NEXT TO MEI FOO SUN CHUEN. THE AREA BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE EXISTING SEAWALL IS SHOWN AS +POSSIBLE FUTURE OPEN SPACE TO HELP CREATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL BUFFER ZONE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A NUMBER OF CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE KWAI CHUNG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN HAD TO BE MADE BECAUSE OF THE NEW PLAN FOR LAI CHI KOK.

ONE OF THE CHANGES INVOLVES AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE AREA COVERED BY THE PLAN TO FOLLOW THE DISTRICT BOARD BOUNDARY BETWEEN KWAI CHUNG AND SHAM SHUI PO.

THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN THE KWAI CHUNG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN IS NOW INCLUDED IN THE LAI CHI KOK OUTLINE ZONING PLAN.

THE LAI CHI KOK PLAN AND KWAI CHUNG PLAN CAN BE INSPECTED AT THE TOWN PLANNING DIVISION, LANDS DEPARTMENT, FOURTH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, PUBLIC ENQUIRY SUB-OFF ICE AT WEST WING ENTRANCE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AT TONK IN STREET AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AT FOU WAH CENTRE, 210 CASTLE PEAK ROAD RESPECTIVELY.

ANYONE AFFECTED BY THE LAI CHI KOK PLAN MAY SUBMIT THE IR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD, C/O LANDS DEPARTMENT, FOURTH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG, BEFORE JANUARY 7, 1986.

COPIES OF THE DRAFT PLAN ARE AVAILABLE AT THE MAP AND PLAN SALES SECTION, SURVEY SECTION, LANDS DEPARTMENT, FIFTH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG, AND KOWLOON MAP AND PLAN SALES SECTION AT 382 NATHAN ROAD AT $10 PER UNCOLOURED COPY AND $120 FOR A COLOURED COPY FOR THE LAI CHI KOK PLAN AND $60 FOR THE KWAI CHUNG PLAN.