WATERLOO ROAD HILL SCHEME WILL MAKE SITES FOR HOMES,
Aerial view of Waterloo Road Hill as it is today.
Plan showing proposed development.
SPACE
OPEN
PUT
WATERLOO ROAD
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SCHOOL
HOTEL & APARTMENT SITES
RESIDENTIAL SITES
LOPEN
SPACE
ISLAMIC CEMETERY
NAIAN HOUSE
OREN SPACE
SCHOOL SITE
NAIRN
SCHOOL
ROAD
STAGE I
"RESETTLEMENT COTTAGĖS
DEVELOPMENT OF
WATERLOO ROAD HILL
HOTELS
WATERLOO ROAD
ROAD HILL, a
steep, barren and eroded hill bounded by Waterloo Road. Nairn Road and Pui Ching Road in Kow- loon, is to be dug away and the site developed in stages, over a number of years, to provide eventually about 500,000 square feet of formed land for the construction of good quality residential housing, schools and open spaces.
A development plan for the hill. which covers an area of some 19 acres, has been prepared by the Public Works Department and site formation work will begin very soon. Tenders for the first stage of the site formation have been invited.
This first phase of the develop- ment programme, which is expected to take about 15 months to complete, will provide sites for European type residences and some fronting on Waterloo Road. suitable for the con- struction of a hotel. an apartment block and a car park.
The total area of land which will be made available for building de velopment in the preliminary phase of the project will be about 300,000 square feet.
The development plan also pro- vides, at a later stage, for two school sites and three public open spaces and for the eventual widening of Nairn Road to form a
main thoroughfare connecting Waterloo Road with Chatham Road.
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It is hoped that the sites fronting Waterloo Road will become available for sale by public auction in the latter half of 1962. These sites will have a combined area of some 120,000 square feet.
The other sites in Stage I of the plan are expected to be available for public auction about six months after. The final stages of the de- velopment plan will be undertaken later.
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