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The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Wo Keng Shan Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
A spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (July 20) the approved OZP would provide a statutory land use planning framework to guide future development and redevelopment in Wo Keng Shan.
Wo Keng Shan is located to the east of Fanling/Sheung Shui New Town and covers about 571 hectares.
The general planning intention of the area is primarily to preserve its natural landscape, to promote conservation and to maintain its rural character.
A total of 2.59 hectares of land is zoned "Village Type Development" to meet the small house demand of indigenous villagers.
A large portion of land at the north-western part of the area, which takes up 122.8 hectares, is zoned "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Landfill" to cover the North East New Territories Landfill.
A total of 1.87 hectares of land is zoned "Government, Institution or Communityˇ¨ to cater for the development of the proposed Ping Che Fresh Water Service Reservoir, and to cover the existing Cheung Shan Kwu Tsz and the radio repeater building at Hung Fa Leng.
The remaining part of the area, which consists of both actively cultivated and fallow agricultural land, and well-vegetated foothills and knolls, is zoned "Agriculture" and "Green Belt". The two zones cover 47.97 hectares and 394.27 hectares respectively.
The approved Wo Keng Shan OZP No. S/NE-WKS/3 is now available for public inspection at:
* Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, 15/F, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road;
* Sha Tin, Tai Po and North District Planning Office, G/F, Sha Tin Government Offices, 6 Tung Lo Wan Hill Road, Tai Wai;
* North District Office, 3/F, North District Government Offices, 3 Pik Fung Road, Fanling; and
* Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee, Ping Che Road, Ta Kwu Ling.
Copies of the approved OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in Yau Ma Tei and North Point.
End/Friday, July 20, 2001
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