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The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Kwun Tong (South) Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
"The approved OZP provides a statutory land use framework to guide development and redevelopment in the Kwun Tong (South) area", a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (April 20).
The Planning Scheme Area, covering about 387 hectares of land, is located within the Kwun Tong District in East Kowloon. It can be separated into two main portions. The portion to the south-west of Kwun Tong Road is a long-established Kwun Tong Business Area (KTBA), which is under transformation to meet the changing needs of the industrial and business sectors, whereas the portion to the north-east of Kwun Tong Road and Lei Yue Mun Road is predominantly occupied by residential developments.
Some 46.8 hectares and two hectares of land are zoned "Other Specified Uses" ("OU") and "Commercial" respectively. All the industrial sites in the KTBA had been rezoned to "OU" annotated "Business" to encourage the transformation of the area into a 'business' district comprising a mixture of commercial, office and non-polluting industrial uses. In addition, seven sites in the KTBA are zoned "Commercial (1)" ("C(1)") to provide commercial facilities for the workers.
About 138.8 hectares and 14.5 hectares of land are zoned "Residential (Group A)" and "Residential (Group B)" respectively. To cater for local as well as district needs, about 44.9 hectares of land is zoned "Government, Institution or Community".
About 42.6 hectares of land is zoned "Open Space" for both active and passive recreational uses. Some 28.9 hectares of land is zoned "Green Belt" and the rest of the Area, about 68.9 hectares, is reserved for road, nullah and other uses.
The approved Kwun Tong (South) OZP No. S/K14S/14 is now available for public inspection during normal office hours at the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, the Planning Enquiry Counters in North Point and Sha Tin, the Kowloon District Planning Office, and the Kwun Tong District Office.
Copies of the approved OZP are available for sale at Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei. The electronic version of the plan can be seen on the Board's website at http://www.info.gov.hk/tpb.
Ends/Friday, April 20, 2007
Issued at HKT 14:50
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