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Among the 25 sites that may face a challenging rezoning process, three
examples are selected for illustration.
The first example is a site that currently houses the Wong Tai Sin
Community Centre.
It is currently zoned as “G/IC”. According to the explanatory note of this
area’s OZP, low-rise and free-standing G/IC facilities in the area should
be kept as breathing spaces and visual relief for the building masses.
Any redevelopment of G/IC building should not exceed the height of the
existing building.

The biggest obstacle of rezoning the site will be to reprovision the
community centre. The existing Wong Tai Sin Community Centre is in
a convenient location serving the catchment of seven public housing
estates nearby. Moreover, the existing building is just 6 storeys high. Any
height upgrade of the building would risk defeating its function of being
a breathing space.
Also, local residents and the Wong Tai Sin District Council have objected
to the rezoning proposal over its potential traffic impact.

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