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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1990

PUBLICATION OF SEVEN INTERIM DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREA PLANS

THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING TODAY GAZETTING OF SEVEN MORE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT PLANS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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(FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE PERMISSION AREA (IDPA)

THESE PLANS ARE IN KAM TIN NORTH, KAM TIN SOUTH, SHEK KONG, TAI TONG, PAT HEUNG, KWUN YUM SHAN AND FA SAM HANG, AND PING KONG, THE TOTAL AREA COVERED BY THESE PLANS IS ABOUT 3,740 HECTARES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAID SINCE THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 WAS GAZETTED ON JULY 27 THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 24 IDPA PLANS HAD BEEN PUBLISHED INCLUDING THOSE PUBLISHED TODAY.

SO FAR, A MAJORITY OF THOSE AREAS FACING SERIOUS THREAT OF PROLIFERATION OF OPEN STORAGE AND OTHER UNDESIRABLE USES TO THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS IDPA'S.

AMONG THE SEVEN IDPA PLANS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE, OF THEM, NAMELY, KAM TIN NORTH AND SOUTH, SHEK KONG, TAI TONG AND HEUNG ARE LOCATED IN YUEN LONG DISTRICT.

ACCORDING TO THE SPOKESMAN, THERE ARE AREAS DESIGNATED "VILLAGE TYPE DEVELOPMENT" ON THESE FIVE PLANS TO PROVIDE FOR NECESSARY EXPANSION OF ESTABLISHED VILLAGES.

BESIDES, IN ORDER TO CATER FOR THE CONTINUING DEMAND STORAGE SITES, A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 65 HECTARES OF LAND DESIGNATED FOR OPEN STORAGE USES ON THE KAM TIN NORTH, TAI PAT HEUNG IDPA PLANS.

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KWUN YAM SHAN AND FA SAM HANG ARE LOCATED TO THE EAST OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE LIMITED SUPPLY OF DEVELOPMENT LAND IN SHA TIN HAD POSED GREAT PRESSURE TO THESE AREAS.

IN VIEW OF THE INFILTRATION OF UNDESIRABLE USES SUCH AS OPEN STORAGE, CAR REPAIRING AND TEMPORARY WORKSHOP IN THE AREA, WHICH WAS ALREADY IMMINENT, THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT CONTROL.

AS FOR PING KONG, WHICH IS LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE AREA WAS COMPARATIVELY FREE FROM INCOMPATIBLE LAND USES SUCH AS OPEN STORAGE AND WORKSHOPS. HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE RURAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA, DEVELOPMENT CONTROL WAS NEEDED.

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UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL DEVELOPMENT IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE PLANS WOULD BE SUBJECT то

1990, ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE.

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