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Your Sars questions answered 2.
Leaders get tough with local officials 3.
Infection rate falls to a new low 4.
Change pay structure, not pay levels 5.
Lifting the quality of life 6.
Different Sars criteria 7.
How the toilet flush may spread the Sars virus 8.
Draft Kwu Tung South Outline Zoning Plan approved 9.
Draft Mid-Levels East Outline Zoning Plan approved
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Draft Lam Tsuen Outline Zoning Plan approved
1. Your Sars questions answered
DOCTOR
MARGARET CHENG, SCMP 9 May 2003 Q
I just read in an Indian newspaper that the chief minister of Tamil Nadu suggests
that Sars patients take the following: "Crush a Tulsi plant with roots. Mix
it with water. Add a teaspoonful each of turmeric powder and pepper powder. Heat
the mixture on low with two glasses of water until the volume is reduced to half
a glass. Drink it twice a day before food to control the virus." I wonder
whether this remedy works? A
The Tulsi plant, known as Holy Basil in English, or its scientific name Ocimum
sanctum, holds a place of honour in Ayurvedic, or traditional Hindu medicine,
for its many reported medicinal values. Its leaves are used in teas to bring down
fever and it is also used in cough mixtures to help clear mucus and to resolve
coughing. The plant itself contains vitamin C and other vitamins useful for supporting
the immune system and fighting off infection. Tulsi oil has been found to have
anti-bacterial properties and possibly anti-viral properties as well. Turmeric
is a well-known antiseptic used widely in Indian cooking as much for its anti-bacterial
and food preservative properties as for its effect on taste and colour. So it
is not surprising a mixture of these two substances might be tried as a possible
treatment for people battling a respiratory infection like Sars. However, as a
western-trained doctor I would have to see evidence of clear improvement in people
with Sars taking this treatment before I could recommend it. Furthermore, anyone
with a suspected case of Sars needs to be isolated to prevent the virus spreading.
So even if the treatment does work well, a Sars patient treating themselves at
home may be spreading the disease. Q
Warm and humid weather is here and mosquitoes will be out again in large numbers
soon. Can they carry the virus and spread it? Similarly, are domestic animals
suspected of carrying the virus? A
No. This is not a virus that mosquitoes can spread. However, dengue fever is,
so make sure there are no pools of stagnant water under your pot plants or in
rubbish around your building. Use mosquito repellent on your skin and put mosquito
netting over your beds. Domestic animals do not carry Sars - you have nothing
to fear from your cat, dog or whatever pet you share your life with. In fact,
having a pet has been shown to reduce stress levels and improve immunity. Q
What is the difference between bacterial and viral pneumonia? Are the symptoms
the same? How can we be sure that atypical pneumonia is indeed Sars and not common
pneumonia? Thirteen months ago I was hospitalised with pneumonia. Despite acute
chest pain, the X-ray did not reveal anything, until the MRI showed a mass in
the lung which, when removed, was analysed as "organising pneumonia".
Does this suggest that Sars is difficult to diagnose? A
Pneumonia simply means inflammation of the lungs. The basic problem is inflammatory
fluid builds up in the alveoli, the air sacs whose job it is to get oxygen from
the bloodstream and carbon dioxide out of the body and into the air we breathe
out. When there is too much fluid in the alveoli, this oxygen and carbon-dioxide
exchange no longer works properly and the body becomes starved of oxygen. If this
goes on for too long, or too many of the alveoli are blocked up with fluid, the
vital organs needing high levels of oxygen such as the heart, the kidneys and
the liver stop working and the person with pneumonia dies. There are many different
things that can lead to this lung inflammation. The two most common forms are
viral and bacterial infections. Pneumonia symptoms - sharp, stabbing chest pain,
shortness of breath, dry cough and high fever - are usually the same but the symptoms
and history leading up to it are not. The reason Sars was originally called "atypical
pneumonia" was that some people had quite noticeable changes on their lung
X-rays without initially having the severe symptoms of pneumonia. In your case
it was the other way round. Your symptoms were more severe than the initial X-ray.
2. Leaders get tough with local officials
FONG
TAK-HO, SCMP 9 May 2003 As
many as 120 mainland officials have been sacked or reprimanded for dereliction
of their duties in the battle against Sars, the central government said yesterday.
The punishment
of local officials is part of a rare and highly public campaign to ensure national
directives are being implemented. Xinhua reported last night that officials from
15 cities or regions, including Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Chongqing, Inner Mongolia
and Zhejiang, had been fired or disciplined. "This
is the first time China has penalised such a wide range of officials for dereliction
of duty during an unexpected calamity," an official of the party's central
organisation department was quoted by Xinhua as saying. As
the virus continued to spread, the World Health Organisation advised against non-essential
travel to Tianjin, Inner Mongolia and Taipei. All three areas had seen flare-ups
in caseloads and shown evidence that the virus was being spread outside of hospitals,
said WHO spokesman Dick Thompson. The
WHO also said it would send infectious-disease control experts to three inland
provinces - Guangxi, Anhui and Henan - which are thought to be the next hot spots.
It is feared
that Sars will be difficult to control if the virus gets a foothold in rural areas,
where there is a lack of medical infrastructure. The
three provinces have some of the lowest reported totals of Sars cases, but all
are considered at risk. Anhui has reported nine, Henan 15 and Guangxi 20, with
three deaths in Guangxi. Hong
Kong, Beijing, Guangdong and Shanxi were already under WHO advisories, which have
crippled tourism and business travel. A
Beijing party cadre described the sackings as an unprecedented drive to shake
up the communist bureaucracy, whose slow response to Sars has been cited as one
of the major reasons for its rapid spread. Since
the high-profile sacking of former health minister Zhang Wenkang and former Beijing
mayor Meng Xuenong on April 20, lower-ranking officials have been coming under
intense pressure to perform. President
Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have warned on several occasions that cadres
would be held responsible for failing to comply with party instructions, including
demands for immediate reporting of new cases. Disciplinary
action included suspensions, demotions and public reprimands, the report said.
The reasons given included concealing Sars cases, implementing disease-control
measures slowly and taking leave without approval.
The crackdown also stands
in contrast to previous accusations that at various points in the crisis, propaganda
officials had ordered the media not to report on Sars, and in doing so withheld
information on the outbreak from the public. The
reprimands reflect the new leadership's desire to project an open image to the
international community, said Xu Fengxian, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy
of Social Sciences in Beijing. Wang
Tianqin, the former deputy party boss of Hebei province's Zhuozhou city, was one
of the 120 officials punished. She was sacked last month for her failure to respond
quickly to a suspected Sars case, which led to the outbreak in the city that month.
"I almost fainted on hearing of my sacking," she was quoted as saying.
Wang Tingjiu,
the official who dismissed her, said he acted on orders from the central leadership.
Among those punished
were also 15 medical staff in Beijing, who left their posts without approval.
In Henan, the
entire senior leadership of Xihuating county was punished after an inspection
team found the officers in charge of the quarantine office playing cards. In
Shenqiu county, the party's senior leadership was replaced for failing to isolate
the first suspected Sars case.
3. Infection rate falls to a new low
PATSY
MOY, SCMP 9 May 2003 Hong
Kong yesterday received a boost in the fight against Sars as the number of new
infections hit a new low of seven cases and the number of deaths fell to four,
the lowest level since April 24. The
special administrative region has now had five consecutive days with infection
numbers in single figures. The number of recovered patients passed through the
1,000 mark yesterday. It
was also the first time in recent weeks that there were no new cases in Tai Po,
Director of Health Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun said. Dr
Chan also said it was encouraging that no new infections were found in Amoy Gardens,
Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate and Koway Court, which had previously been hard hit.
Lai Kar-neng,
the head of renal medicine at the University of Hong Kong, said the drop in new
infections was a positive sign but he warned Hong Kong remained under the threat
of another outbreak if the city failed to rectify the problem of faulty sewerage.
Faulty pipes were blamed for the Sars outbreak at Amoy Gardens. "Hong
Kong may not survive a new financial blow if there is a second major outbreak,"
Professor Lai said. "So it is very important for Hong Kong people to remain
vigilant and maintain good personal and environmental hygiene all year round."
The seven new
cases yesterday included two medical workers from Prince of Wales Hospital and
Tuen Mun Hospital, taking the toll to 1,661. All
four people who died yesterday had chronic illnesses and were aged 60 or above.
They included a woman of 100, who is believed to be the oldest Sars fatality in
Hong Kong so far. The Hong Kong death toll is now 208. A
total of 1,008 patients have recovered, including 24 who were discharged yesterday.
But 445 patients remained in hospital, with 66 in intensive care units. So far,
1,081 people from 425 families have been subjected to home confinement. Dr
Chan said she did not see a need to extend the duration of home confinement for
people with close contact with Sars patients, which is now set for 10 days. Despite
the raft of good news yesterday, the World Health Organisation upgraded its estimate
of the mortality rate of Sars in Hong Kong from between 6 and 10 per cent to 15
per cent.
4. Change pay structure, not pay levels
PAUL
HEMPEL, SCMP 9 May 2003 A
civil service pay cut of 6 per cent, phased in over two years, was agreed by the
Hong Kong government and unions. However, couching the debate on civil service
salaries simply in terms of wage levels is a wasted opportunity for genuine reform.
If the government is serious about reducing the size of the civil service, creating
a performance-related culture and managing costs, it is necessary to reform the
salary system - something it has begun to address in its comprehensive review
of the civil service pay policy and system. Reform
must address three structural problems in the system: salary-range compression,
job-based salaries and the emphasis on basic pay. Any such changes would be strenuously
resisted by civil servants, but with the government enjoying high levels of support
over the need to make changes, there may be no better time. Are
civil servants overpaid, compared to their private-sector colleagues? Overall,
it seems to be the case. But does this imply they are all overpaid? Perhaps not.
The South China Morning Post, on February 24, printed a letter from one former
civil servant who had been lured to the private sector by higher wages and better
career prospects. Editorial pages have commented extensively on the exodus of
skilled senior managers from the civil service. Something is apparently amiss.
The problem does
not lie with pay levels, but rather the way civil service salaries are set - using
a traditional system relying on job grades and salary ranges. Salary surveys are
used to determine the overall pay structure, rather than the wages for specific
jobs. This system makes it possible to infer market wages for jobs where there
is no private-sector equivalent. The downside is that the system is cumbersome
and it is difficult to account for changing market conditions for specific jobs.
The difference between the lowest- and highest-paid in the civil service is less
than in the private sector. This explains why some civil servants are underpaid,
even though the civil service, as a whole, might be overpaid. Most civil servants
are in jobs with low salary grades, and are overpaid relative to the market rate.
However, civil servants on high salary grades could earn more in the private sector.
The 6 per cent pay cut will help the government reduce expenditure, but it will
also exacerbate the problem of underpayment among higher-level civil servants.
The obvious solution
is to shift the civil service salary line to the market line by reducing the pay
for low salary grades while increasing top-tier wages. While attractive, this
only addresses one structural issue, which differentiates the civil service pay
system from that of the private sector. Such a change does not affect the emphasis
on job-related basic pay in the civil service. The
private sector has long abandoned an emphasis on fixed salaries for certain job
titles, instead emphasising performance-related pay, with bonuses as incentives.
The civil service, instead, emphasises basic salary, determined mostly by job
title and seniority. This creates inflexibility in labour-cost budgeting and limits
the use of monetary rewards as a motivational tool. Promotions are used as a reward,
but reducing the size of the civil service eliminates this. Giving
double increments to outstanding performers is another practice abandoned by the
private sector. One reason is because such workers soon reach the maximum salary
level for their job. More important, merit increases in basic salary reward past
performance rather than promoting future performance. A bonus that must be earned
every year is more effective in motivating future performance. Two
main impediments stand in the way of fundamental salary reform. The first is the
idea the civil service is, somehow, unique and it is not possible to evaluate
and reward individual contributions. However, it must be pointed out that it is
a service organisation, and such private-sector businesses have been evaluating
and rewarding individual contributions for a long time. The second impediment,
the legal issue raised by the Basic Law, is more serious, and this constraint
is being addressed by the courts. From
the perspective of a compensation-based system, there are two legal points which
need to be resolved. First, whether the protection for conditions of employment
provides an absolute salary floor, or whether this is relative to the private
sector. Civil servants would expect their pay to rise in line with the private
sector - but would this also apply to pay decreases? Second,
there is the question of whether the Basic Law freezes the administrative rules
governing civil service pay. If performance-related pay leaves average salaries
unchanged, while giving more money to high performers and less to poor performers,
is this illegal? Fundamental
changes to the administration of civil service salaries would be difficult and
require fundamental changes in the performance culture. But change is possible,
given time, determination and support. Paul
Hempel is an associate professor in the Management Department at the City University
of Hong Kong. He teaches and researches human resource management, specialising
in performance management and compensation.
5. Lifting the quality of life
Letter
to the Editor, 9 May 2003 I
was happy to see your leader headlined "Quality of life in Hong Kong paramount
to success" (May 6). I agree completely with this point. However,
in hindsight your wisdom misses a critical point about changing population growth.
In 1997, the population growth rate for Hong Kong was estimated at 3 per cent
per year, which required a big investment in housing. So the chief executive's
push to build more housing was a sensible response. However,
the chief executive also asked some important questions about population change
and growth, which can be seen with hindsight to have been very wise. The population
growth rate is now under 1 per cent per year, which allows rethinking of planning
density. I believe
that improving transport to both the north and west would further expand the options
for Hong Kong people and increase the quality of life. We
must avoid simplistic assumptions about who wants to live where and instead increase
choice, which is a key component of quality of life. Dr
JOHN BACON-SHONE, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre, The University of
Hong Kong
6. Different Sars criteria
Letter
to the Editor, 9 May 2003 I
fully support the Department of Health criteria for diagnosis of confirmed cases
of Sars.
For readers' information, a confirmed case is someone with fever
and X-ray evidence of pneumonia and two of the following: cough (or dyspnoea),
chills, myalgia, history of contact or travel to infected area. In
comparision, the WHO criteria for probable cases (equivalent to our confirmed
cases) are: suspected cases with X-ray changes, or laboratory tests positive to
coronavirus, or Sars confirmed postmortem. According to the WHO, a suspected case
is someone who (after November 1, 2002) has fever, cough or dyspnoea and a history
of contact or has visited an infected area within the previous 10 days. Note
that in an average year, Hong Kong has some 20,000 cases of pneumonia, with about
half due to atypical pneumonia (which, in the past, were due to agents other than
Sars). Among these cases are about 3,000 of current interest (mostly the very
old and the very young, but a small number of young adults). Using
WHO criteria, a lot of these cases will be included as confirmed cases in Hong
Kong, causing unnecessary panic among the public. Yes,
we have to be vigilant so that the government does not hide the real facts from
the public. However,
for the so-called medical pressure group to bark at suspected government wrongdoings
without justification is, in fact, doing Hong Kong a disservice during this Sars
crisis. Dr ROBERT
C L LAW, Central
7. How the toilet flush may spread the Sars virus
Letter
to the Editor, 9 May 2003 There
has been concern about the transmission of the Sars virus through contaminated
sewage systems and the use of contaminated toilets in the Amoy Gardens cluster
of cases. Now
the WHO has confirmed that coronavirus can survive in human excrement for about
four days and that convalescent patients shed the virus in their excrement for
weeks. The experts have further warned that since the virus survives in sub-zero
temperatures indefinitely, it might in all probability re-emerge next spring.
To most people,
the term toilet transmission conjures up a scenario of finger-soiling and transferring
the virus to food, but few are aware of the role of aerosol (droplets and airborne
particles) churned up by flush systems. There
are currently two main toilet-flushing systems. One system uses water cascade
and the other whirlpool. The
cascade system generates a lot of noise and a tremendous quantity of aerosol,
as was proven by Japanese scientists four to five years ago. The
whirlpool system is quiet and generates much less aerosol - one should consider
this when buying a toilet. If
an infected user contaminates a toilet bowl, the next user may get the virus through
aerosol inhalation, whether he flushes before or after use. Closing the toilet
lid may help, but note the lid is not airtight. The government advisory on this
precaution notwithstanding, transmission through public toilets is very important
in the prevention and containment of Sars and other respiratory viruses shed by
patients in their urine or faeces during convalescence. Many
people use a public toilet every day. Think of this mode of cross-infection in
a hospital, even in staff toilets. Many
old residential premises are in need of repair, their sewerage faulty and plumbing
dysfunctional. The hind section of the water seal in the toilet elbow communicates
freely with the common sewage drain of the premises. Pathogenic
microbes may contaminate the drains and spread vertically again in the next pneumonia
season. Since 20 per cent of Sars cases defy contact tracing, this transmission
mode could be more significant than we have realised. I
suggest all public hospitals change their toilets to the whirlpool type to prevent
cross-infection among frontline medical workers, whose infection rate has been
scandalous and a major public concern. In
future, the building ordinance should mandate the installation of whirlpool toilets
in all public residential towers and all public toilets. Dr
CLEMENT LEUNG KAI-MAN, Jordan
8. Draft Kwu Tung South Outline Zoning Plan approved
Hong
Kong Government, 9 May 2003 The
Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Kwu Tung South Outline Zoning
Plan (OZP). "The
approved OZP provides a statutory land use framework to guide development and
redevelopment in the Kwu Tung South area," a spokesman for the Town Planning
Board said today (May 9). The
Planning Scheme Area, covering about 525 hectares of land, is bounded by the Hong
Kong Golf Club in the east, Fanling Highway in the north, Ki Lun Shan in the west
and the Lam Tsuen Country Park in the south. It is mainly rural in character with
flat agricultural land intermixed with recognised villages. The
good agricultural land in the area, covering about 231.6ha, is zoned "Agriculture"
to retain and safeguard it for agricultural purposes. A
total of 43.9ha of land is zoned "Village Type Development" to demarcate
existing recognised villages and areas suitable for village expansion. A
site near Kam Tsin Village and another site in Lin Tong Mei Tsoi Yuen covering
13.9ha of land are zoned "Comprehensive Development Area" to encourage
comprehensive low-density residential development. Some
35.2 ha of land is zoned "Residential (Group C)" to reflect the existing
and permitted low-density residential development. About
46ha of land is zoned "Recreation" to encourage the development of active
recreational facilities to foster tourism. A total of 3.2 hectares of land is
zoned "Open Space" to provide active and passive recreational opportunities
for the local population. About
10.1ha of land is zoned "Government, Institution or Community" to serve
the needs of the local as well as district population. Some
134.3ha of land, which mainly consists of areas adjacent to Ki Lun Shan (Hadden
Hill), Fuk Tsuen Shan (Fir Hill) and Pak Tai To Yan, is zoned "Green Belt"
("GB") to define the limits of urban development, to contain urban sprawl
and to provide a passive recreational outlet. There is a general presumption against
development within the "GB" zone. The
approved Kwu Tung South OZP No. S/NE-KTS/8 is now available for public inspection
during office hours at: *
Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, 15/F, North Point Government Offices,
333 Java Road; *
Sha Tin, Tai Po and North District Planning Office, Planning Department, 13/F,
Sha Tin Government Offices, 1 Sheung Wo Che Road, Sha Tin; *
North District Office, 3/F, North District Government Offices, 3 Pik Fung Road,
Fanling; and *
Sheung Shui District Rural Committee, 3 Po Wan Road, Sheung Shui. Copies
of the approved OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in
Yau Ma Tei and North Point. Its electronic version is viewable from the Town Planning
Board's website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).
9. Draft Mid-Levels East Outline Zoning Plan approved
Hong
Kong Government, 9 May 2003 The
Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Mid-Levels East Outline Zoning
Plan (OZP). "The
approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide the development
and redevelopment within the Mid-Levels East area," a spokesman for the Town
Planning Board said today (May 9). The
Planning Scheme Area, covering 63.3 hectares of land, is bounded by Kennedy Road
in the north, Stubbs Road in the east and Bowen Drive in the west. The 200-230
metres contour forms its southern limit. According to the 2001 Census, the total
population of the area was about 8,000. It is estimated that the planned population
of the area would be about 8,100. The
area is an established high-class residential area. Low-to-medium density residential
developments and Government, institution and community uses (GIC) are concentrated
in the northern and eastern parts of the area. About 66% of the area is designated
as open space and green belt. A
total of about 1.8ha covering the Lingnan Campus site at Stubbs Road to the west
of Tung Shan Terrace is zoned Comprehensive Development Area (CDA). It is intended
for high-class, low-density residential development. About
4.4ha is zoned Residential (Group B). It is predominantly for medium-density residential
use and includes residential developments along Kennedy Road and the eastern part
of Shiu Fai Terrace. Areas
zoned Residential (Group C) ("R(C)"), covering about 6.9ha, are primarily
for residential use and include the residential developments at Tung Shan Terrace,
which are designated as R(C)1, and those at Shiu Fai Terrace, which are designated
as R(C)2. There
are also a number of sites, covering about 4.6ha, which are zoned Government,
Institution or Community. Existing GIC uses include St. James' Church and St.
James' Settlement at Kennedy Road, Freni Care and Attention Home for the Elderly
at Shiu Fai Terrace and a number of primary and secondary schools. About
1ha is zoned Open Space to provide passive and active recreational facilities
for local residents. Existing open spaces are located along Bowen Road, to the
north of Shiu Fai Terrace, to the west of Tung Shan Terrace and at the junction
of Wan Chai Gap Road and Bowen Road. The
hill slopes in the central and southern parts of the area, taking up about 41.5ha,
are zoned Green Belt, which forms a visually and aesthetically pleasing background.
It also provides additional opportunities for passive recreational uses. Urban-type
development within this zone will be strictly controlled and assessed individually
on its merits through the planning permission system. The
approved OZP No. S/H12/8 is now available for public inspection during office
hours at the following locations: *
Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, 15th Floor, North Point Government Offices,
333 Java Road; *
Hong Kong District Planning Office, 14th Floor, North Point Government Offices;
and * Wan Chai
District Office, Ground Floor, 2 O'Brien Road, Wan Chai. Copies
of the approved plan are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in
Yau Ma Tei and North Point. An electronic version can be viewed on the Town Planning
Board's website www.info.gov.hk/tpb.
10. Draft Lam Tsuen Outline Zoning Plan approved
Hong
Kong Government, 9 May 2003 The
Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Lam Tsuen Outline Zoning Plan
(OZP). "The
approved OZP provides a statutory land use framework to guide development and
redevelopment in Lam Tsuen," a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said
today (May 9). The
Planning Scheme Area, covering about 424 hectares of land, is bounded by Tai Po
New Town to the east, Tai Mo Shan Country Park to the southeast, Lam Tsuen Country
Park to the west and Kau Lung Hang/Hong Lok Yuen to the northeast. "The
whole area falls within the upper indirect water gathering ground. Developments
generating waste and pollutants would be strictly controlled to protect the water
resources. Therefore the primary planning intention of the area is to retain its
rural character by controlling development and promoting agricultural activities,
and to allow village expansion only in appropriate areas," the spokesman
said. The good
agricultural land and the land with good potential for rehabilitation in the area
are zoned "Agriculture" to retain and safeguard them for agricultural
purposes. The zone takes up about 209.4 hectares of land. Some
85ha of land is zoned "Village Type Development" to demarcate existing
recognised villages. This land is suitable for village expansion. The
She Shan Tsuen Fung Shui Woodland covering about 5.5ha of land is zoned "Site
of Special Scientific Interest" ("SSSI") to conserve the "fung
shui" woodland, which includes important and protected plant species. The
upland valleys at Tai Om Shan Village and Siu Om Shan Village as well as the wooded
hill slopes to the east and south of the She Shan Tsuen Fung Shui Woodland are
zoned "Conservation Area" taking up about 25.2ha of land. The zone is
intended to retain the existing natural character of the area and to serve as
a buffer between the SSSI and the built development. A
total of 61.8ha of land is zoned "Green Belt" ("GB") to define
the limits of urban development, to contain urban sprawl and to provide a passive
recreational outlet. There is a general presumption against development within
the "GB" zone. An
area at the north of Fong Ma Po Village covering about 8.7ha of land is zoned
"Recreation" to encourage developments for recreational uses. Some
12.6ha of land is zoned "Government, Institution or Community" to serve
the needs of the local and district population. The
approved Lam Tsuen OZP No. S/NE-LT/7 is now available for public inspection during
office hours at: *
Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, 15/F, North Point Government Offices,
333 Java Road, North Point; *
Sha Tin, Tai Po and North District Planning Office, Planning Department, 13/F,
Sha Tin Government Offices, 1 Sheung Wo Che Road, Sha Tin; *
Tai Po District Office, G/F, Tai Po Government Offices, 1 Ting Kok Road; and *
Tai Po Rural Committee, G/F, 1 Heung Sze Wui Street, Tai Po. Copies
of the approved OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in
Yau Ma Tei and North Point. Its electronic version is viewable on the Town Planning
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