Draft of Mau Ping Area Plan gazetted

The draft of Mau Ping Development Permission Area Plan hasw been published, according to the Town Planning Board.

The draft covers an area of about 45 hectares. It is located at the top of a hill saddle between Ma On Shan and Sai Kung, and is encircled by Ma On Shan Country Park.

A spokesman for the Town Planning Board said the general planning intention is to protect the conservation and landscape value of the area, which complements the overall naturalness and the landscape beauty of the surrounding Ma On Shan Country Park. The planning intention is also to reflect the existing recognised villages of Mau Ping and Wong Chuk Shan. 

About 1.25 hectares of the area is zoned "Village Type Development" to reflect the existing recognised villages. The remaining 44.01 hectares of the area is designated as "Unspecified Use", pending detailed analysis and studies to establish the appropriate land uses in the course of preparing an Outline Zoning Plan.