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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1994

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THE

WHITEHEAD, AT

CROWDS STARTED TO GATHER IN VARIOUS SECTIONS AT ABOUT 1.40 PM WHEN A COMMERCIAL SEEN HOVERING ABOVE THE DETENTION CENTRE.

OF COMPOUNDS HELICOPTER WAS

THE THAT ΤΟ

THIS DEVELOPED INTO SMALL SCALE DEMONSTRATIONS AT SOME OF SECTIONS. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE DEMONSTRATION, IT WAS ESTIMATED

RETURNED SECTIONS SOME 3,000

LIFE AT ALL PEOPLE PARTICIPATED. NORMAL AT ABOUT 5 PM.

28 FROM MEANWHILE, 110 VMS FROM HIGH ISLAND'S SOUTH CAMP AND WHITEHEAD REFUSED TO TAKE THE EVENING MEALS ISSUED BY THE MANAGEMENT.

HEBE HAVEN DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREA PLAN APPROVED

THE

GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREA (DPA) PLANNING BOARD SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

BAS

THE APPROVED

A PLAN,

HEBE HAVEN SPOKESMAN FOR THE

TOWN

THE AREA COVERS THE ENTIRE COASTAL AREA OF HEBE HAVEN

AND THE SURROUNDING HILL SLOPES PAK SHA WAN IN SAI KUNG SCENIC VALUE.

OR OF HIGH

COMMERCIAL IT IS RURAL WITH

AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS AS OF HEBE SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES TO WATER SPORTS ALONG THE COASTAL AREA HAVEN.

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ARE MAINLY RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL

INCLUDE BOAT MANUFACTURING OUTLETS WHILE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES

AND

REPAIRING.

IN THE AREA ARE, HOWEVER, DECLINING WITH MOST FARMLAND LYING FALLOW.

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES

FALLOW IN RECENT YEARS, SOME OF THE

FARMLAND HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO WORKSHOPS, CAR DUMPING OR REPAIRING YARDS STORAGE USES.

GRADUALLY AND OPEN

RURAL "THESE USES HAVE DEGRADED THE

VISUAL PROBLEMS LIKE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND SAID.

ENVIRONMENT AND CREATED THE BLIGHT,"

SPOKESMAN

"BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SCENIC VALUE AND EXISTENCE OF

FACILITIES,

ΤΟ SUBJECT

GREAT URBAN

MARINE-RELATED DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE.

THE

AREA IS

THE WOULD

TO CONTROL "THE DPA PLAN IS TO INTRODUCE PROPER PLANNING AREA AND ENSURE THAT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR THE AREA BE SUBJECT TO CAREFUL PLANNING CONSIDERATION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

IN HEBE HAVEN, ABOUT 14 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN ZONED "VILLAGE TYPE DEVELOPMENT". THE ZONE COVERS THE EXISTING RECOGNISED VILLAGES, INCLUDING TA HO TUN SHEUNG WAI, TA HO TUN HA WAI, TSIU HANG, TSIU

AU HANG HAU, MA NAM WAT, CHE KENG TUK, TSUEN.

HEUNG

CHUNG

AND

TSAI

/IN ADDITION,