4.49. At the end of the year the Town Planning Board had under consideration a revised plan for Ngau Tau Kok Village, and draft plans for the Tsim Sha Tsui District of Kowloon and for a new town at Castle Peak. Work on the Tsim Sha Tsui plan had reached an advanced stage following circulation of a preliminary planning study to a large number of public and private bodies but awaited decision on the cross harbour road tunnel and the proposed Kowloon-Canton Railway Terminal at Hung Hom.
Land Development Planning Committee
4.50. Papers were presented to the Land Development Planning Committee in connexion with the development of the New Territories and, following discussions of these items, directions were received by the Town Planning Board to prepare an Outline Development Plan for Castle Peak and preliminary planning and engineering investigations were instituted at both Castle Peak and Sha Tin. Planning Co-ordination Committees including representatives of the P.W.D. and the New Territories Administration were established to progress work on this subject and to relate these studies to the statutory plan of Sha Tin (which may later require revision) and to the draft plan for Castle Peak being drawn up by the Town Planning Board. A R. 1963-6]
4.51. Submissions were also made to the Land Development Planning Committee in respect of density zoning, particularly in the urban area, and at the end of the year a policy decision had been obtained on the establishment of three zones within which development is to be limited in accordance with a stated coverage and plot ratio. Plans illustrating these zones awaited publication. Other papers were presented in respect of the detailed layout of Kwai Chung Valley, the development of Tsing Yi Island and the layout of Kennedy Town. A model of the proposed Kwai Chung Valley scheme was completed.
Other Submissions of Importance
4.52.
(a) Government Aided Housing. In view of the size of the Government aided housing programme and the necessity to select and prepare sites 5 or 6 years in advance of the time when the buildings are required, a half-yearly programme review was instituted. Reports on this subject, which covers inter-alia resettlement, Government low cost housing, Housing Society and Housing Authority projects and has wide implications for the development of the Colony generally, were prepared and presented to P.W.D. Land Conference in June and December, other interested departments being represented.
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4.49. At the end of the year the Town Planning Board had under consideration a revised plan for Ngau Tau Kok Village, and draft plans for the Tsim Sha Tsui District of Kowloon and for a new town at Castle Peak. Work on the Tsim Sha Tsui plan had reached an advanced stage following circulation of a preliminary planning study to a large number of public and private bodies but awaited decision on the cross harbour road tunnel and the proposed Kowloon-Canton Railway Terminal at Hung Hom.
Land Development Planning Committee
4.50. Papers were presented to the Land Development Planning Committee in connexion with the development of the New Territories and, following discussions of these items, directions were received by the Town Planning Board to prepare an Outline Development Plan for Castle Peak and preliminary planning and engineering investigations were instituted at both Castle Peak and Sha Tin. Planning Co-ordination Committees including representatives of the P.W.D. and the New Terri- tories Administration were established to progress work on this subject and to relate these studies to the statutory plan of Sha Tin (which may later require revision) and to the draft plan for Castle Peak being drawn up by the Town Planning Board. A R. 1963-6]
4.51. Submissions were also made to the Land Development Plan- ning Committee in respect of density zoning, particularly in the urban area, and at the end of the year a policy decision had been obtained on the establishment of three zones within which development is to be limited in accordance with a stated coverage and plot ratio. Plans illustrating these zones awaited publication. Other papers were pre- sented in respect of the detailed layout of Kwai Chung Valley, the development of Tsing Yi Island and the layout of Kennedy Town. A model of the proposed Kwai Chung Valley scheme was completed.
Other Submissions of Importance
4.52.
(a) Government Aided Housing. In view of the size of the Government aided housing programme and the necessity to select and prepare sites 5 or 6 years in advance of the time when the buildings are required, a half-yearly programme review was instituted. Reports on this subject, which covers inter-alia resettlement, Government low cost housing, Housing Society and Housing Authority projects and has wide implica- tions for the development of the Colony generally, were prepared and presented to P.W.D. Land Conference in June and December, other interested departments being represented.
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