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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1993

BOARD AMENDS CHAI WAN OUTLINE ZONING PLAN

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THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) AMENDMENTS THE DRAFT CHAI WAN OUTLINE ZONING PLAN.

TO

RECLAMATION

"THE AREA 1N THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE STU SAI AREA HAS BEEN REZONED FOR HOUSING, OPEN SPACE GOVERNMENT/INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY

FOR A SPOKESMAN TOWN PLANNING BOARD SAID.

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DEVELOPMENT,

WAN

AND

THE

HE POINTED OUT THAT TWO HOUSING SITES HAD BEEN PROPOSED. THE

BE THE NORTH OF SIU SAI WAN ESTATE WOULD ΤΟ ONE

FOR DEVELOPED

A

SECTOR PRIVATE

PARTICIPATION SCHEME (PSPS) PROJECT, WHILE THE ONE FURTHER NORTH NEAR THE WATERFRONT WOULD BE FOR PRIVATE HOUSING.

ΤΟ IMPROVE ACCESS TO SIU SAI WAN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID A PUBLIC PROPOSED TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE, A PUBLIC CAR PARK AND A PIER HAD BEEN FOR THE PRIVATE HOUSING SITE.

TO MEET THE DISTRICT'S RECREATIONAL NEEDS, A SPORTS GROUND BEEN PLANNED ON THE LAND BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSING SITES.

HAD

RECREATIONAL AN INDOOR

CENTRE AND AN OPEN

HAD SPACE

BEEN RESERVED WEST OF THE PSPS DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION, THE WATERFRONT OF THE RECLAMATION AREA HAD BEEN EARMARKED FOR OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT PART OF THE YUE WAN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA NEAR THE CHAI WAN PARK HAD BEEN CLEARED.

THE

ΤΟ

CLEARED SITE TOGETHER WITH A SMALL PIECE OF LAND

ITS SOUTH WOULD BE REDEVELOPED INTO A SECONDARY SCHOOL AND A POLICE RANK- AND-FILE QUARTERS.

THE EASTERN PART OF THE CHAI WAN ESTATE HAD ALSO BEEN REZONED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECONDARY SCHOOL AND AN OPEN SPACE.

FROM

POOL

THE

OTHER MINOR AMENDMENTS INCLUDE REZONING CHAI WAN SWIMMING "OPEN SPACE"

AND TO "GOVERNMENT/INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY", CEMETERIES ALONG CAPE COLLINSON ROAD AND TAI TAM ROAD FROM "CEMETERY" TO "OTHER SPECIFIED USES" (ANNOTATED "CEMETERY").

ΤΟ INVOLVES JUST A CHANGE IN ZONING NOMENCLATURE THIS WITH CURRENT PLANNING PRACTICE.

COMPLY

DRAFT THE

AMENDMENT PLAN NO. S/H20/6 AND THE SCHEDULE OF ARE AVAILABLE AMENDMENTS

FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE FOLLOWING OFFICES UNTIL OCTOBER 15:

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HONG

KONG DISTRICT PLANNING OFFICE, 11TH CENTRE, LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG;

FLOOR,

LEIGHTON

PLANNING DEPARTMENT, 16TH FLOOR, MURRAY ROAD, HONG KONG; AND

BUILDING, GARDEN

EASTERN DISTRICT