Background and Proposals for New Highway in Hong Kong
San Tin Village is located in the north west corner of the New Territories. It is the largest 'lineal' village in the New Territories. For over 700 years, the surrounding hills and marshland of San Tin have enclosed the ancestral home and farm
lands of the Man family. Due to the rapid development and expansion of Hong Kong, there has been great pressure for land
in the rural areas of Hong Kong and this has extended to San
Tin. With such expansion, many villages in the New Territories have broken up both socially and environmentally
and San Tin has faced such a dilemma.
In 1977, the Government made it
it clear that no funds were
available for development of San Tin. Thus leading members of
the Man clan, let by Mr. William Man, formed the San Tin
Development and Management Company Limited (STDMC) for the
purpose of preparing a report and plans for the development of
the area in an orderly fashion with a view to preserving the
existing villages, the village community, and facillate
increased tourism in nearby Lok Ma Chau. In 1978 proposals for
such a project were submitted to the government (LETTER A).
In 1979 the government agreed to pursue these proposals
indicating that a detailed scheme including an appraisal of
financial and resource implications would be needed to be submitted at a later date (LETTER B). Thus the STDMC engaged
to
and Tony Petty and
Dr. Owl Planning and Design group
Associates to put up a detailed plan. In 1982 the STDMC made a presentation to the government and volumes 1 and 2 of the San
Tin Master Plan were circulated
various government departments (LETTER C,D and SAN TIN MASTER PLAN Volume 1, introductory synopsis). In January 1983 (LETTER E) the government agreed with the proposals but suggested a reduction in the maximum projected population from 86,000 to about 30,000. At present the government is still discussing the San Tin development proposals with representatives of the STDMC.
As the government was not prepared to initiate development in
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