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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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