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Part 3

Other Major Work

of 2015-2017

Protecting the Countryside and Village Setting

To strike a balance between the need for socio-economic development and
protection of the natural scenic and rural character of the countryside from
uncontrolled development, the Board has continued the preparation of OZPs for
the country park enclaves, areas of ecological, conservation and/or heritage
importance.

Country Park Enclaves

There are 77 country park enclaves (enclaves) across the territory, of which 23 had
been covered by OZPs before the Tai Long Sai Wan Incident in 2010. The Board
completed the preparation of DPA Plans for enclaves in 2014, in which 22 DPA Plans
covering 30 enclaves were gazetted. Since then, the Board had been taking steps to
*
prepare OZPs to replace the DPA Plans . Apart from the 11 OZPs published in 2014
or before, ten OZPs for the enclaves namely Chek Keng, Yung Shue O, Yi O, Pak
Sha O and Pak Sha O Ha Yeung, Kuk Po, Fung Hang and Yung Shue Au, as well as
Tai Tan, Uk Tau, Ko Tong and Ko Tong Ha Yeung, Tai Po Kau, Cheung Sheung, Ping
Chau and Tai Ho were gazetted from 2015 to 2017.

New Outline Zoning Plans Covering Enclaves

*Tai Long Sai Wan was already incorporated into the respective country park with effect from 30 December 2013.