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The Town Planning Board today (October 19) announced amendments to the approved Kwun Tong (North) Outline Zoning Plan (OZP) and Kwun Tong (South) OZP.

The amendments to the Kwun Tong (North) OZP mainly involve the rezoning of a site of about 12.82 hectares at the junction of Po Lam Road and Sau Mau Ping Road from "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Mining and Quarrying", "Green Belt" and "Road" to "Residential (Group A)" to reflect the Po Lam Road Public Housing Development which is under construction.

Opportunity is also taken to amend the OZP to reflect the allocation boundary of the housing site and the updated road alignment of Po Lam Road.

The covering Notes of the OZP are amended to clarify the intention of the Town Planning Board with respect to "existing use" in the Planning Scheme Area and to delete the term 'Service Apartment' from the Notes of the OZP.

The amendments to the Kwun Tong (South) OZP mainly involve the rezoning of all sites under the "Industrial" zone in the Kwun Tong Industrial Area (KTIA) to "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Business" which is intended for general employment uses including non-polluting industrial use, office and other commercial uses. The sites cover a total of about 43.73 hectares.

Besides, all sites under the "Commercial" zone in the KTIA are rezoned to "Commercial (1)" to cater for the changing nature of KTIA.

Opportunity is also taken to amend the OZP to reflect the existing land uses and updated planning proposals in the area.

In connection with the zoning amendments, the Notes for the "Industrial" zone are deleted and the Notes for the "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Business" are added.

The covering Notes of the OZP are also amended mainly to clarify the intention of the Town Planning Board with respect to "existing use" in the Planning Scheme Area. The Notes for the "Commercial (1)" zone are added and amendments are made to the "Commercial" zone of the OZP.

The draft Kwun Tong (North) OZP No. S/K14N/5 and Kwun Tong (South) OZP No. S/K14S/9 incorporating the amendments are available for public inspection at the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board and Kowloon District Planning Office in the North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road; and Kwun Tong District Office, G/F, Kwun Tong District Branch Offices Building, 6 Tung Yan Street.

The draft Kwun Tong (North) OZP is also available for public inspection at the Sai Kung District Office, G/F, Sai Kung Government Offices Building, 34 Chan Man Street.

Any person affected by the amendments of the two plans may submit a written objection to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before December 19, 2001.

Copies of the two OZPs are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in Yau Ma Tei and North Point.

End/Friday, October 19, 2001

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