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5.8 Market Facility
A controlled open market zone to the west of the village commercial area will function as an informal shopping area. Approximately 50 small carts would be rented on a daily basis in fixed locations. The area would be completely cleared at night for cleaning. No cooked food, meats, or other highly perishable products would be allowed. Aside from this facility, it is envisaged that hawking would be prohibited in the New Town.
5.9 Tourist Centre
Adjacent to the village commercial area, a 2,000m2 centre for tourism would be provided. This centre will handle historic tours, informa- tion dissemination, public facilities, traditional community/cultural display and promotion
activities.
Tourist Centre
Existing Market in San Tin Village
5.10 Cemeteries 1.5 ha
Within the master plan for San Tin, a series of well-designed designated cemeteries with favourable "fung shui" are proposed within the context of comprehensive landscape preserva- tion and management.
These cemeteries would:
1. Be restricted to Man Family and Poon
Family indigenous villagers.
2. Be administered and managed by the Tun Yu Tong and Poon Tong Foundation family organizations on a strictly non-profit making basis.
3. Allow for the relocation of graves either affected by Development Proposals or wished to be relocated by family members for proper care and maintenance.
Specific areas within the master plan at the southern extremes of the eastern valley are de- signated as potential cemeteries, subject to in- vestigation by a geomancer to establish the presence of favourable influences. Potential sites have slopes at low gradients, are in areas which do not affect the fung shui of any re- sidential or other development zones and are designed to avoid fire damage and for easy maintenance.
The character of family plot locations would be "garden-type", laid out according to internal lineage ties and groupings. Extensive landscape treatment and proper maintenance scheduling would insure minimal impacts (visual or otherwise), considerably reducing the risk of fire and allowing for controlled, long-term family grave sites, relieving family members of this particular concern.
One programme aspect in which the community developers may choose not to be involved are Government Institutional Community ("G.I.C.") elements. Some of these provisions i.e., private schools and clinics, could easily be met in the private sector. Others however could be met by Government with the assistance of San Tin community developer planners and designers to ensure design consistency.
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