Preservation plan: Tian Tan Buddha Statue and Po Lin Monastery are the main features of the Ngong Ping Outline Zoning Plan.

The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Ngong Ping Outline Zoning Plan, which aims to conserve the area's natural environment and religious heritage, and enhance its tourism potential.

The plan, covering about 102 hectares, is located to the west of Mui Wo on Lantau. Its design concept is to maintain Ngong Ping's unique ambience, preserve its low-rise low-density rural character, and enhance visitors' experience.

Key attractions like the Tian Tan Buddha Statue and Po Lin Monastery form the design concept's main building blocks. They will be complemented by a larger, vehicle-free public square or piazza, which will be connected to a tourist corridor leading from the cable car terminal in the northwest and the public transport terminal in the west.

About 80% of the total area is zoned as "conservation area", "green belt" and "site of specific scientific interest". The three zones take up about 57.8 hectares, 10.3 hectares and 14 hectares. About 4.7 hectares is zoned "village type development" to demarcate the area for Ngong Ping Village. A small area of 0.2 of a hectare is zoned "residential" for an existing villa development behind the monastery.

The approved Ngong Ping Outline Zoning Plan's electronic version can be viewed here.