TNAG-0657-FCO40-806-Town-planning-in-Hong-Kong-1977 — Page 3

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MEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

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FORMER KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY STATION BUILDING

PETITION FROM THE HONG KONG HERITAGE SOCIĘTY.V

Background

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The statutory plan for Kowloon Planning Area No 1, Tsim Sha Tsui Outline Zoning Plan LK1/44 which was approved by the Governor in Council on 7th November 1967, provided that part of the Kowloon-Canton Railway station site would be included in an area zoned for open space, and that the land occupied by the station building would be included in an area which would later form a public transport con- course. It was envisaged that the station clock-tower would be retained.

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On 26th February 1974, the Governor in Council referred the approved Plan LK1/44 back to the Town Planning Board for replacement by a new plan which would take into account the rapidly changing needs of the area.

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The new draft plan, LK1/56, was published on 2nd July 1976 pursuant to section 5 of the Town Planning Ordinance (Chapter 131).

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More recently, on 19th August 1977 a revised draft plan, LK1/56A, was gazetted under sections 6(7) and 7 of the Town Planning Ordinance, incorporating amendments as a result of objections lodged with the Town Planning Board to Plan LK1/56.

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One of the planning requirements which occasioned the revision of the original approved Plan LK1/44 was the need to reserve space for a Cultural Complex on a site which included the former Kowloon-Canton Railway station building. Following Members' advice and the Governor's order, the Town Planning Board was informed of the need and the zoning for this area was changed in Plan LK1/56 to "other specific uses" and annotated "Cultural Complex".

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The only objections received, in response to the gazetting of the draft plan LK1/56 were made by the Commissioner for Transport and the Kowloon Motor Bus Company Limited, on the grounds that the provision for an adequate public transport terminus in the area was not specific. These objections were subsequently withdrawn, when the

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