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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1994

ON

THE DPA PLANS, AREAS SET ASIDE FOR SMALL HOUSE DEVELOPMENT ARE ZONED 'VILLAGE TYPE DEVELOPMENT' WHEREAS AREAS WITH ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES ARE ZONED FOR LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE INITIATIVES IN UNDERTAKING DEVELOPMENT.

AREAS

USE

IN ADDITION, THERE ARE ALSO 'GREEN BELT' ZONES DELINEATING

WITH

LANDSCAPE

AND

AMENITY

VALUE,

AND 'GOVERNMENT/INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY' ZONES RESERVING LAND TO MEET LOCAL AND DISTRICT DEMAND.

ALL THREE APPROVED DPA PLANS ARE BEING EXHIBITED FOR PUBLIC

FOR ONE WEEK UNTIL MARCH 25 AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, 16TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD.

INSPECTION

THEY ARE ALSO ON DISPLAY AT THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE, THIRD FLOOR, NORTH DISTRICT GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 3 PIK FUNG ROAD, FANLING; AND THE SHA TIN AND NORTH EAST DISTRICT PLANNING OFFICE, GROUND FLOOR, SHA TIN GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 6 TUNG LO WAN HILL ROAD, TAI WAI, SHA TIN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

COPIES OF THE APPROVED DPA PLANS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE, LANDS DEPARTMENT, 14TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG, AND THE KOWLOON MAP SALES SECTION, 382 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.

WATERFRONT PARK FOR TAI PO

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LARGEST PUBLIC PARK IN TERRITORIES WILL BEGIN IN JULY.

NORTHEAST NEW

THE NORTHERN

THE 13-HECTARE WATERFRONT PARK IS TO BE BUILT ON BANK OF THE LAM TSUEN RIVER AND ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF TOLO HARBOUR.

THE

TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT

OFFICE SAID

DEPARTMENT'S

WORK

WAS

NEW EXPECTED TO

A SPOKESMAN FOR TERRITORIES NORTH DEVELOPMENT COMPLETE IN ABOUT TWO YEARS.

MUCH OF THE PARK WOULD BE DEVOTED TO RECREATION

EXTENSIVE POOLS,

GRASSY

AND HARBOUR

WITH GARDENS,

FOUNTAINS AND

SLOPES, PROMENADES MEANDERING PATHS, ALL WITH A MAGNIFICENT VIEW ACROSS THE TOLO TOWARD MA ON SHAN AND TAI PO KAU.

WITH NETWORK BUILT ALONG THE SEA WALL,

LOOKOUT EYE-CATCHING

SHA

TIN, AND A TOWER ON

A CYCLE TRACK, LINKING THE DEVELOPING TAI PO AND TAI MEI TUK, WILL BE RESTAURANT WILL BE HOUSED BENEATH AN

THE SEAFRONT.

A 600-SEAT AMPHITHEATRE WILL HILL IN THE CENTRE OF THE PARK.

CROWN

A 15-METRE-HIGH

MAN-MADE

IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE TWO BOWLING GREENS, A MODEL POOL, A GATE BALL COURT AND THREE CHILDREN'S PLAY AREAS.

-

BOATING

WHERE TYPICAL

"THE MOST UNUSUAL FEATURE WILL BE AN ECO GARDEN

A HABITATS IN SOUTH CHINA WOODLAND, GRASSLAND, FRESHWATER POOLS AND

BEAUTY AND THEIR MARSH WILL BE RE-CREATED BOTH FOR THEIR INHERENT EDUCATIONAL VALUE.

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