Draft fails to allocate land for commercial development
Commercial development appears to have been ruled out in an expanse of woodland and wetland near Sai Kung Country Park where a property giant wants to build a golf course.
A draft plan for the 32.4 hectares at Sham Chung sets aside half the area as a conservation zone and almost six hectares as a green belt and coastal protection area.
A quarter is designated agricultural, while 2.6 hectares is set aside for village development to cover the recognised Sham Chung Village and land suitable for expansion.
Releasing the draft yesterday, a Town Planning Board spokeswoman would not say specifically it had finally ruled out the golf course or residential development.
But Cheng Luk-ki, division head of scientific research and conservation for Green Power, said the 'bottom line' was that no land was allocated for pro-development use such as residential and recreation developments.