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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1994

THE WORKS WILL START IN OCTOBER FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

FROM THE

TENDER FORMS AND FURTHER PARTICULARS CAN BE OBTAINED DEPARTMENT, 34TH FLOOR, QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 66 QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG,

TENDER OFFER WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON JULY 22.

FOUR RURAL OUTLINE ZONING PLANS GAZETTED

GAZETTING

THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE OF FOUR DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLANS (OZPS) FOR SHAP SZ HEUNG, LUNG YEUK TAU, KWAN TEI SOUTH, PING CHE, TA KWU LING, PAK KONG AND SHA KOK MEI IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE EXISTING

DEVELOPMENT

THEY

"THESE RURAL OZPS REPLACE PERMISSION AREA (DPA) PLANS COVERING THE SAME AREAS. INDICATE DEFINITE AND COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE ZONES ΤΟ GUIDE AND CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREAS.

"SIMILAR TO DPA PLANS, UNAUTHORISED OZPS ARE SUBJECT TO ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.

DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE

"THE FOUR OZPS AIM AT PRESERVING THE EXISTING AGRICULTURAL LAND AND CONSERVE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID.

A TOTAL OF ABOUT 480 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN ZONED "AGRICULTURAL" IN LUNG YEUK TAU, KWAN TEI SOUTH, PING CHE, TA KWU LING, PAK KONG AND SHA KOK MEI TO PRESERVE GOOD ARABLE LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSE.

IN SHAP SZ HEUNG, PAK KONG AND SHA KOK MEI, "CONSERVATION AREA" ZONES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE IN THE

COUNTRYSIDE.

ABOUT 23 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE ALSO BEEN ZONED "COASTAL PROTECTION AREA" TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL COASTAL FEATURES.

ON THE SHAP SZ HEUNG OZP, TWO SITES OF ABOUT 57 HECTARES BEEN ZONED "SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST"

+

HAVE

TSENG

ONE IS THE COASTAL AREA FORMED BY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS NEAR TAU AND THE OTHER IS THE MANGAL COMMUNITY AND MUDFLAT ALONG THE COASTAL AREA BETWEEN TSENG TAU SOUTH AND KEI LING HA LO WAI.

MEANWHILE, ON THE FOUR OZPS, SOME 340 HECTARES OF LAND BEEN ZONED "GREEN BELT" TO ACT AS BUFFER TO CONTAIN URBAN SPRAWL.

HAVE

TO FACILITATE LOW-RISE LOW-DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS, ABOUT SEVEN HECTARES OF LAND IN PAK KONG AND SHA KOK MEI AND 11 HECTARES IN LUNG YEUK TAU AND KWAN TEI SOUTH HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED FOR "RESIDENTIAL (GROUP C)" USE.

/IN PAK