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Board amends Fanling/Sheung Shui Outline Zoning Plan

The Town Planning Board today (Friday) announced amendments to the draft Fanling/Sheung Shui Outline Zoning Plan.

A major amendment is the rezoning of about 4.5 hectares of government land located at the north-western edge of Sheung Shui New Town from 'Undetermined' to 'Other Specified Uses' ('OU') annotated 'Abattoir' to facilitate the development of the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse, a spokesman for the board said.

A government lot to the east of the existing Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works with an area of about 12.27 hectares, has been rezoned from 'Industrial' and 'OU' annotated 'Helipad' to 'OU' annotated 'Sewage Treatment Plant' to facilitate the upgrading of the sewage treatment works.

Other amendments include the rezoning of a 0.25-hectare site to the west of Ng Uk Tsuen from 'Government/Institution/Community' to 'Village Type Development' ("V") to facilitate the village expansion scheme and a piece of land of about 0.17 hectares to the south of the village from 'V' to 'Green Belt' to preserve the woodland there.

Sites of the existing Fanling and Sheung Shui Kowloon- Canton Railway Stations have also been rezoned from 'OU' annotated 'Kowloon-Canton Railway' to 'OU' annotated 'Kowloon-Canton Railway Station' to make provision for the future development of uses incidental to the railway stations such as bank and fast food shop.

The amendment plan (No S/FSS/6) is available for public inspection until June 21 during normal office hours at:

Planning Department

16th floor, Murray Building

Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong;

Sha Tin, Tai Po and North District Planning Office

ground floor, Sha Tin Government Offices

6 Tung Lo Wan Hill Road, Sha Tin, New Territories; and

North District Office

third floor, North District Government Offices 3 Pik Fung Road, Fanling, New Territories.