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THE

17

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1994

DRAFT TIN SHUI WAI OUTLINE ZONING PLAN PUBLISHED

TOWN

PLANNING

+

*

BUARD TODAY

(FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED

THE

PUBLICATION S/TSW/1}.

OF THE DRAFT TIN SHUI WAI OUTLINE ZONING PLAN (OZP)

(NO.

BY THE

THE PLAN COVERS AN AREA OF ABOUT 345 HECTARES BOUNDED

THE EAST, SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST AT INNER DEEP BAY TO MONG TSENG TSUEN TO THE NORTH, SHA KONG WAI TO THE WEST AS WELL AS KIU TAU WAI AND SHEUNG CHEUNG WAI TO THE SOUTH.

THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT OF TIN SHUI WAI IS CONCENTRATED IN THE WAI SOUTHERN PORTION WITH THE NORTHERN PORTION, KNOWN AS THE TIN SHUI

LONG-TERM STRATEGIC RESERVE ZONE, BEING HELD AS A LAND RESERVE FOR GROWTH.

OF ABOUT

AN

THE SOUTHERN PORTION WILL ACCOMMODATE A POPULATION 149,000 BY THE END OF 1997 WHILE THE RESERVE ZONE MAY ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL POPULATION OF UP TO 150,000 IN THE LONG TERM.

"PLANNING FOR THE RESERVE ZONE IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSULTANTS. LAND USE PROPOSALS WILL ONLY BE FIRMED FINDINGS OF THE STUDY ARE AVAILABLE.

"THE

STUDIED BY

UP WHEN THE

CONTROL

TIN SHUI WAI OZP IS TO EXTEND STATUTORY LAND USE

GUIDE DETAILED PLANNING AND TO THE TIN SHUI WAI NEW TOWN AND TO DEVELOPMENT," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD SAID.

HECTARES IN THE

FOR ZONED

COMMERCIAL TOWN CENTRE PROVIDING

ON THE PLAN, TWO SITES MEASURING ABOUT 2.8

BEEN OF SOUTHERN PORTION

TIN SHUI WAI HAVE IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS A DEVELOPMENT WHICH RETAILING AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES.

A}"

ABOUT 58.6 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN ZONED "RESIDENTIAL (GROUP SCHEME HOUSING FOR

HOME OWNERSHIP PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING AND

"RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. ANOTHER 30.4 HECTARES HAVE ALSO BEEN ZONED (GROUP B}" FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

LAND

HECTARES OF

USE.

то SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, 18.7 HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR "GOVERNMENT/INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY" SOME 5.7 HECTARES HAVE ALSO BEEN ZONED "OTHER SPECIFIED USES" FOR USES SUCH AS TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, BUS DEPOT, SEWAGE PUMPING TERMINUS AND LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) TERMINUS.

STATIONS, BUS

ZONED "OPEN

MEANWHILE, ABOUT 22.5 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN SPACE" TO PROVIDE FOR BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATIONAL USES.

BELT" TO FUTURE

AN AREA, OF 24.7 HECTARES HAS ALSO BEEN ZONED "GREEN SERVE AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE RURAL AREAS OF LAU FAU SHAN AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RESERVE ZONE.

THE

FOR

NEW

SOME 171.8 HECTARES OF LAND WHICH INCLUDE A LARGE PART OF RESERVE ZONE AND THE LRT AND BUS TERMINUSES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED UNDETERMINED USES PENDING FURTHER FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND THE FINDINGS OF THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REVIEW AND THE NORTH WEST TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REVIEW.

/THE DRAFT