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northern coastline. This can be achieved without damage to

the outstanding recreational

southern coast of the Island.

facilities on the hills and

Expanding the port westwards

will make available further

land, mainly for industrial

use,

west of Tuen Mun.

93.

the

The port and

airport developments also mean that

the West Kowloon reclamation will need to be completed in

mid-1990's to provide the necessary transport links to

the urban area. This reclamation will provide a major

source of land in the urban area for commercial and

residential development. More badly needed land will be

provided by

Central and Wanchai reclamation, where

sites will start to be available during 1993. Looking

further ahead, we have the possibility of reclaiming the

the

channel between Green

immense

airport

us the

opportunities

from Kai Tak.

opportunity

Island and Hong Kong Island and the

provided by tha removal of the

These urban reclamations will give

to replan our older urban areas, as

envisaged in the Metroplan. In doing this, an important

point will be to make sure that the planning of land use is

properly coordinated with the

provision of new transport

facilities.

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