The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Ngau Tau Kok and Kowloon Bay Outline Zoning Plan, with 71.6 hectares or about 21% of land zoned for residential development.

Covering about 341 hectares of land, the zone is located within East Kowloon's Kwun Tong district. Kwun Tong Road divides the area into two distinct sections, mostly residential in the east and businesses and factories to the west in Kowloon Bay.

About 67 hectares of land is zoned "Residential (Group A)" covering the major existing residential developments in the area and proposed residential sites near Choi Wan Road and Jordan Valley. Shun Chi Court, a medium-density residential site with an area of about 4.7 hectares abutting Lee On Road in the northeastern part of the area, is zoned "Residential (Group B)".

A number of sites with a total area of 2.4 hectares in Kowloon Bay are zoned "Commercial".

About 43 hectares of land is zoned "Other Specified Uses". The major one is the "Business" zone which covers the existing industrial area in Kowloon Bay and is intended for a mixture of non-polluting industrial, office and commercial uses.

Plan protects large green belt

About 48.8 hectares and 50.5 hectares of land are zoned "Government, Institution or Community" and "Open Space". About 52.6 hectares of land, covering mainly steep hillslopes in the eastern border, are zoned "Green Belt".

The approved Ngau Tau Kok and Kowloon Bay OZP No. S/K13/25 is now available for public inspection during 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.