LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
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A study on the development of four Recreational Priority Areas in Chi Ma Wan, Pui O, Cheung Sha and Tong Fuk on South Lantau has been completed. A study on improvement to existing roads and drains in Cheung Chau Old Town was also commissioned during the year.
Urban Development Areas
Six development areas at Aldrich Bay, Siu Sai Wan, Hung Hom Bay, West Kowloon, Central/Wan Chai and Green Island, all involving reclamations in Victoria Harbour, are either being studied or under construction to meet forecast development needs in the 1990s and beyond.
The Aldrich Bay Reclamation will produce about 18 hectares of land. The first phase of work involving reprovisioning of the typhoon shelter is being carried out in conjunction with site formation work at the Shau Kei Wan foothills.
The Siu Sai Wan Development will include about 55 hectares of land for industrial, residential, commercial, public housing, government/institution/community and other uses. About 14 hectares of land has been formed.
The reclamation of 36 hectares of land at Hung Hom Bay is due for completion in 1993, 14 hectares of which has already been reclaimed. Residential, office, hotel, open space, transport interchange facilities and marginal expansion of the Kowloon-Canton Railway freight yard are being considered for the whole area.
The West Kowloon Reclamation feasibility study is in progress. The reclamation will form about 330 hectares of land to be completed in phases by 2002 for commercial, con- tainer back-up, residential and transport uses.
The consultancy feasibility study on the Central and Wan Chai reclamation was com- pleted. There will be strong emphasis on the provision of land for commercial and open space uses and for building a trunk road linking the Island Eastern Corridor with Central. The consultancy feasibility study for the Green Island reclamation is well advanced.
The long-term effects of the various proposed reclamations on the hydraulic and water quality in the harbour is being assessed by model studies.
Urban Renewal
The Land Development Corporation (LDC), established in January 1988, is charged with the task of initiating and facilitating urban renewal through negotiating the surrender of existing property and assembly of land for comprehensive development in areas where satisfactory development has been inhibited by factors such as multiple ownership of properties, small size and irregular shape of sites and obsolete street layout. A co- ordinating urban renewal team in the Town Planning Office of the Buildings and Lands Department acts as the main contact point and overall co-ordinator between the LDC and government for LDC projects.
To ensure that urban renewal will be carried out in a co-ordinated manner, the LDC commissioned consultancy studies to identify urban improvement and redevelopment opportunities in the older urban districts. As a result of these studies, redevelopment strategies for the Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei, Wan Chai, Central and Western districts were formulated. To implement these strategies, comprehensive redevelopment studies for areas within the districts were completed.
During the year, the LDC entered into a number of initial agreements with selected joint-development partners for eight development/redevelopment projects in various older