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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1986

THE SITE AT 7 TO 13 GILMAN'S BAZAAR, HAS BEEN REZONED FROM +GOVERNMENT-INSTITUTION-COMMUN | TY+ TO +COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL-

THE NEARBY CORNER SITE BETWEEN TIT HONG LANE, WA! SAN LANE AND HING LUNG STREET HAS BEEN REZONED FROM +OPEN SPACE TO +GOVERNMENT-INSTITUTION-COMMUNITY+, WHILE THE SITE AT 1 AND 1A SUTHERLAND STREET, IS REZONED FROM" +COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL+ TO +OPEN SPACE+.

A PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL SCHEME AT FIRST AND SECOND STREETS IS REZONED FROM +OPEN SPACE+ TO +RESIDENTIAL+ (GROUP A).

THE SITE AT CHUN SING STREET AND QUEEN'S ROAD WEST IS REZBRÉD FROM +OPEN SPACE+ TO +GOVERNMENT-INSTITUTION-COMMUNITY+ .

PLANNING FOR FUTURE RAIL LINKS WITH SHA TIN

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FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WHICH COULD GIVE SHA TIN RAIL LINKS WITH KWAI CHUNG, MA ON SHAN AND EAST KOWLOON HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR IN AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT SHA TIN OUTLINE ZONING PLAN GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE AMENDMENTS ALSO PROVIDE FOR A PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME OF 1 800 FLATS TO HOUSE 6 300 PEOPLE, A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND A SITE FOR A +FLOATING+ RESTAURANT NEAR CITY ONE.

THE AMENDED PLAN RESERVES 7.2 HECTARES OF LAND NEXT TO TAI WAI RAILWAY STATION FOR A POSSIBLE RAIL SYSTEM CONNECTING SHA TIN WITH MA ON SHAN, A KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY BRANCH LINE TO KWAI CHUNG AND THE POSSIBLE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (EAST KOWLOON LINE) EXPANSION AS WELL AS A RAILWAY DEPOT.

COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT MAY TAKE PLAGE ABOVE THE DEPOT.

A SITE NEXT TO TIN SAM VILLAGE HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME. ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE 7.1-HECTARE STRETCH OF LAND BETWEEN CHE KUNG MIU ROAD AND THE RAILWAY HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, ORIGINALLY PLANNED ON THE PSPS SITE, AND ALSO PARTLY FOR DISTRICT OPEN SPACE.

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