(Control of Obstructions) Order, 1957, the plan relating thereto having been prepared in collaboration with the Department of Civil Aviation.
PLANNING
163. The urban area is divided into thirty-seven planning districts and by the end of the year outline development plans were in various stages of preparation for twenty-seven of these and for ten districts in the New Territories. In addition, layout plans were in preparation or completed for various subdivisions of the planning districts.
164. Outline Development Plans of Ma Tau Kok, Hung Hom, and Chai Wan Districts were approved in accordance with the Town Planning Ordinance together with an amended plan of the North Point district. A Layout Plan of Kwun Tong Tsai Wan was prepared for the Town Planning Board and exhibited to the public.
165. The service for the supply of plans for official purposes continued to expand, and 2,330 plans and thirty-six tracings were prepared compared with 1,585 plans and thirty tracings in 1956. A revised schedule of plans obtainable was circulated to Government Departments and Public Utility Companies. Five approved plans were printed by the Government Printer for sale.
166. In the previous year, preliminary investigation of sites for new towns and connecting roads was carried out and the major problems were isolated. In the year under review, there was no staff available to carry out the engineering appreciation necessary to decide whether or not these schemes were feasible, so consulting engineers were engaged to prepare reports on the possibility of major reclamation and hill formation schemes at Tai Po, Gin Drinker's Bay, Junk Bay, Sha Tin, and Castle Peak, and on main roads over Leadmine Pass and Kowloon Foothills. Consultants were also retained to plan a second cross-harbour vehicular ferry route and a new site for the Kowloon Canton Railway Station.
167. Agreement was reached with the War Department that the sites of Murray Barracks and Parade Ground and the Detention Barracks should be surrendered to the Hong Kong Government, and the Admiralty announced its intention of surrendering, inter alia, part of the Naval Yard. This, together with the proposal to proceed with three more stages of the Central Reclamation, opened the way for a major development scheme for the Central District. Preliminary planning of this was commenced.
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(Control of Obstructions) Order, 1957, the plan relating thereto having been prepared in collaboration with the Department of Civil Aviation.
PLANNING
163. The urban area is divided into thirty seven planning districts and by the end of the year outline development plans were in various stages of preparation for twenty seven of these and for ten districts in the New Territories. In addition, layout plans were in preparation or completed for various subdivisions of the planning districts.
164. Outline Development Plans of Ma Tau Kok, Hung Hom and Chai Wan Districts were approved in accordance with the Town Planning Ordinance together with an amended plan of the North Point district. A Layout Plan of Kwun Tong Tsai Wan was prepared for the Town Planning Board and exhibited to the public.
165. The service for the supply of plans for official purposes continued to expand, and 2,330 plans and thirty six tracings were pre- pared compared with 1,585 plans and thirty tracings in 1956. A revised schedule of plans obtainable was circulated to Government Departments and Public Utility Companies. Five approved plans were printed by the Government Printer for sale.
166. In the previous year preliminary investigation of sites for new towns and connecting roads was carried out and the major problems were isolated. In the year under review there was no staff available to carry out the engineering appreciation necessary to decide whether or not these schemes were feasible, so consulting engineers were engaged to prepare reports on the possibility of major reclamation and hill formation schemes at Tai Po, Gin Drinker's Bay, Junk Bay, Sha Tin, and Castle Peak, and on main roads over Leadmine Pass and Kowloon Foothills. Consultants were also retained to plan a second cross-harbour vehicular ferry route and a new site for the Kowloon Canton Railway Station.
167. Agreement was reached with the War Department that the sites of Murray Barracks and Parade Ground and the Detention Barracks should be surrendered to the Hong Kong Government, and the Admiralty announced its intention of surrendering, inter alia, part of the Naval Yard. This together with the proposal to proceed with three more stages of the Central Reclamation opened the way for a major development scheme for the Central District. Preliminary plan- ning of this was commenced.
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