主席報告
Chairman's Statement
建議中之中環碼頭上蓋發展
HKF
本集團與政府磋商中環碼頭上蓋發展尚未有結果,
與政府之間存在之分歧,主要包括劃作公共用途之
大幅建築面積之建費應由誰付及政府要求代為施工
之工程範圍等。一份經修訂之申請書已於一九九八
年二月十七日根據城市規劃條例第十六條呈遞予城
市規劃委員會,此申請書有助於減低此計劃之總建
築樓面面積及發展成本,而原訂約六十萬平方呎之
零售、寫字樓及服務式公寓之總樓面面積將保持不
變。由於遞交新修訂之申請書,將無可避免地令有
關談判有所延誤,但本集團將致力於盡速完成有關
計劃。
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大角咀舊船廠地段之重建
城市規劃委員會已於一九九六年批准大角咀上址之
重新分區劃界,經修訂之分區計劃大綱草圖已於一
九九七年六月於政府憲報上刊登,該地段已由"工
業用(I)"區域更改為"綜合發展用途(CDA)"之區域, 並容許最大7.5倍之住宅地積比率及1.5倍之非住宅
地積比率,其後一份根據城市規劃條例第十六條
款,詳列總建築樓面面積約為二百萬平方呎之住
宅、零售及服務式酒店發展建議規劃許可申請書,
已於一九九七年八月呈遞城市規劃委員會供其審
批。若城市規劃委員會批准此計劃細則,則本集團
將立即與政府展開改變土地契約條款及補地價之磋
商。
公元2000年之電腦程式轉換
本集團就公元2000年對電腦系統之影響進行了分
析研究,結果顯示集團內大約百分之三十使用中之
電腦程式及硬件須要改進或更換,改進工作已經展
開,有關改進工作預計於一九九九年初完成。
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF
CENTRAL FERRY PIERS
Negotiation has not been finalized on the proposed Central
Piers Development. Major areas of disagreement between the Group and the Government included, inter alia, which party should pay for the sizeable areas designated for public uses and the extent of entrusted works requested by the
Government. In an effort to reduce the size of the construction
gross floor area and the development cost of the project, a
revised application under Section 16 of the Town Planning
Ordinance has been submitted on 17 February 1998 to the
Town Planning Board. The total gross floor area, however, of
about 600,000 sq. ft. of retail, office and service apartment remained intact. The new submission would inevitably delay the conclusion of the negotiation of the proposed development, but the Group will expedite the matter as quickly
as possible.
REDEVELOPMENT OF
THE OLD TAI KOK TSUI SHIPYARD SITE
The Town Planning Board approved the rezoning of the Tai Kok
Tsui site in 1996 for comprehensive redevelopment. The
amended Outline Zoning Plan was gazetted in June 1997 for
land use conversion from an "Industrial (I)" Zone to a
"Comprehensive Development Area (CDA)" Zone permitting a
maximum domestic plot ratio of 7.5 and a non-domestic plot
ratio of 1.5. Subsequently, a Section 16 Planning Application, detailing the proposed development with residential, retail and hotel components and totalling about two million sq. ft. of gross floor area was submitted in August 1997 and is being considered by the Town Planning Board. Negotiation for lease
modification and the land premium will follow if the Town
Planning Board grants its approval.
COMPUTER CONVERSION FOR THE YEAR 2000
Our impact analysis indicated that 30% of the computer programs and hardware currently used by the Group needed to be modified or replaced to cater for the Year 2000 conversion. Modification work has already commenced and
was progressing satisfactorily. It is expected that such modification work will be completed by early 1999.
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