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Tsim Sha Tsui outline plan
Revisions providing for more community facili- ties in the long term development of part of Tsim Sha Tsui are included in a new outline zoning plan for the area, published by Hong Kong's Town Plan- ning Board.
The zoning revision affects an area of 43.1 acres east of the proposed road complex to the cross- harbour tunnel, and south of Winslow Street in Hung Hom.
Some 8.6 acres is zoned for government, insti- tutional and community uses. Of this, a 1.8-acre site at the southern part of the area is reserved for a proposed colony postal sorting office. Another 0.82 acre of land will be used for building a public mortuary and farewell pavilion to replace the exist- ing cemetery depot, farewell pavilion and public mortuary in Yuk Choi Road, west of Hong Kong Technical College.
Government, institution and community facili- ties including an indoor stadium, car park, terminal building and bus terminus are expected to be pro-
vided above the new Kowloon Canton railway terminus at Hung Hom. These are subject to de- tailed planning and, like all similar facilities, sub- ject to the provision of funds by the finance com- mittee of the Legislative Council. Other similar facilities are proposed for the area north-east of the railway terminus.
Some 34.5 acres will be zoned for other specific uses. The major portion of this zone has been re- served for a new railway terminus. Slightly less than an acre has been earmarked for funeral par- lours, and about 480 ft. along the waterfront in the northern part has been set aside for a public cargo handling area.
Provision for an underground railway connec- ting Hong Kong island with north-east Kowloon to pass below the area is also indicated on the plan.
Water top priority, says Governor
First in the list of engineering priorities came the provision of water, the Governor Sir David Trench told members of the Engineering Society of Hong Kong at their annual dinner last month.
Last year, he said, consumption had expanded by about seven per cent, and at that rate present adequate water resources would soon become in- adequate. A start had been made on the raising of the Plover Cove dam and preliminary works for the High Island water scheme – and completion of the two would raise fresh-water capacity by another 73,000 million gallons.
Hong Kong's long-term needs depended on the more sophisticated engineering of desalination. Whether this would be coupled with the generation
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Artist's impression of the future Hung Hom
Far East BUILDER, April 1971
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