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NEW PIER AT KAU SAI CHAU

FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1994

THE GOVERNMENT WILL BUILD A PIER ON THE NORTHWESTERN SHORELINE OF KAU SAI CHAU IN SAI KUNG TO SERVE THE PROPOSED PUBLIC GOLF CENTRE ON THE ISLAND.

WORK ON THE

320-SQUARE-METRE

PIER WILL START IN

JULY,

FINISHING BY NEXT MARCH.

THE EXTENT OF THE AREA AFFECTED, COVERING ABOUT 8,500 METRES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED AT KAU SAI CHAU, IS DESCRIBED NOTICE PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY) IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

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THE NOTICE, AND ITS RELATED PLAN, CAN BE SEEN ON NOTICE BOARDS POSTED NEAR THE SITE.

THE PLAN CAN ALSO BE SEEN AT THE LANDS DEPARTMENT'S SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE, 14TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG KONG AND AT THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE, SECOND FLOOR, SAI KUNG GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 34 CHAN MAN STREET, SAI KUNG, NEW TERRITORIES.

ANY PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT HE HAS AN INTEREST, RIGHT OR EASEMENT IN OR OVER THE FORESHORE AND SEABED INVOLVED MAY SUBMIT A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS ON OR BEFORE JULY 13.

THE OBJECTION SHOULD DESCRIBE THE MANNER IN WHICH HE ALLEGES HE WILL BE AFFECTED.

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WU KAU TANG DEVELOPMENT PLAN PUBLISHED

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PLANNING BOARD TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE PUBLICATION OF THE DRAFT WU KAU TANG DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREA (DPA)

PLAN.

ENCLOSED BY THE PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK, THE AREA COVERS ABOUT HECTARES OF LAND ABOUT 8.5 KILOMETRES ΤΟ THE EAST OF THE FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN.

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WU KAU TANG IS AN UPLAND RURAL VALLEY WITH SOME OF THE FLAT ARABLE LAND STILL UNDER ACTIVE CULTIVATION.

IT FALLS WITHIN THE WATER-GATHERING GROUNDS OF THE PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR AND IS ALSO A STRATEGICALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE AREA.

EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT MAINLY CONCENTRATES EIGHT RECOGNISED VILLAGES WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF POPULATION.

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"THE PLAN SERVES TO PROVIDE PROPER PLANNING GUIDANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL TO THE LAND USES IN THE AREA. IT AIMS TO PRESERVE THE RURAL LANDSCAPE AND TO PROTECT THE SURROUNDING PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK AND THE WATER-GATHERING GROUNDS FROM UNDESIRABLE DEVELOPMENTS," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID.

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