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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1994
"OUR
PLAN IS TO OPERATE 21 PARAMEDIC AMBULANCES AT THE END OF YEAR WITH AN ULTIMATE AIM OF INCREASING THE NUMBER TO 33 BY 1996," HE SAID.
THIS
THE GRADUATES COMPRISED TWO AMBULANCE OFFICERS AND 22 AMBULANCEMEN. THEY HAD COMPLETED A SIX-WEEK EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANT LEVEL II COURSE.
MR LAM TOLD THEM THAT IT WOULD TAKE CONTINUING PRACTICE TO CONSOLIDATE AND SHARPEN THE SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE THEY HAD LEARNT.
THEY WILL BE ATTACHED TO HOSPITALS FOR A SHORT PERIOD BEFORE BEING DEPLOYED TO MAN THE AMBULANCES.
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FOUR RURAL OUTLINE ZONING PLANS PUBLISHED
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THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE GAZETTING OF FOUR DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLANS (OZPS) FOR MAI PO AND FAIRVIEW PARK AND NAM
AND SANG WAI IN NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES; AND LUK KENG HANG AND KWU TUNG SOUTH IN NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES.
A
WO
SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID: "THESE PLANS REPLACE THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREA (DPA) PLANS COVERING THE SAME AREAS
THE RURAL NEW TERRITORIES.
IN
THEY INDICATE DEFINITE AND COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE ZONES TO GUIDE AND CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREAS.
"THE DPA PLANS ARE INTERIM PLANS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE THE PROVISION OF THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1991. SERVE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND CONTROL ON LAND USES IN THE RURAL TERRITORIES.
WITH
THEY
NEW
"UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENTS
WITHIN THE DPAS ARE
SUBJECT
TO
ENFORCEMENT,"
A MAIN FEATURE IN THE MAI PO AND FAIRVIEW PARK OZP IS THE HABITATS NATURE RESERVE, WHICH PROVIDES FEEDING AND ROOSTING MIGRATORY BIRDS.
PO
MAI
FOR
IN
TO PRESERVE AND SUSTAIN THE NATURE RESERVE ORDER ADJOINING WILDLIFE HABITATS, ABOUT 430 HECTARES AND 312 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN ZONED 'SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST' ('SSSI')
AREA' AND 'CONSERVATION
RESPECTIVELY.
ΤΟ AMOUNT
AND
ITS
THESE
ABOUT
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA OF THE PLAN.
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ABOUT 155 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN ZONED TO COVER TWO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, NAMELY FAIRVIEW PALM SPRINGS.
'RESIDENTIAL
(GROUP PARK AND
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D)'
TO
ABOUT 15 HECTARES HAVE BEEN ZONED RESIDENTIAL (GROUP ENCOURAGE UPGRADING OF THE EXISTING TEMPORARY DOMESTIC ACCOMMODATIONS.
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