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LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
At Sai Kung, a swimming pool and sports complex with recreational facilities was completed. To the north, seawall construction and reclamation is in progress and will be completed in 1992. Reclamation of Sai Kung Creek commenced in April 1991, which will provide land for a rural public housing estate.
Islands District
Projects to improve the living environment and facilities for residents and visitors to the Islands District progressed well during 1991.
Drainage improvement works in Tai O and reclamation to provide land for community facilities and other uses at Mui Wo were completed. Site formation for the first rural public housing estate on Peng Chau commenced in mid-1991 with the subsequent foundation and building works scheduled for commencement one year thereafter.
During the year, community facilities completed were an abattoir in Cheung Chau, a swimming pool and sports complex at Mui Wo and an indoor recreation centre and a columbarium in Peng Chau.
The study of the development of North Lantau to provide supporting communities in Tung Chung and Tai Ho for Chek Lap Kok Airport is in progress and due to be finished by early 1992. Construction work at Tung Chung is scheduled to commence in 1992 with a view to provide residential flats accommodating some 20 000 persons by the new airport's - opening date.
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 in the feasibility study stage or under planning and 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 provision of a new typhoon shelter has just been completed, while reclamation of the old typhoon shelter is scheduled to start in 1992.
The Siu Sai Wan Development includes the formation of about 56 hectares of land for industrial, residential, public housing, government/institution/community and other uses. Land formation is substantially complete.
Out of a total of 36 hectares of land to be formed at Hung Hom Bay, 19 hectares has been reclaimed with the remainder due for completion in 1994. Future uses for this reclamation will include residential, commercial, community facilities, open space, trans- port interchange facilities and an expansion of the Kowloon-Canton Railway freight yard. Two new ferry piers and a bus concourse have been constructed near Whampoa Garden and were opened in March 1991.
Construction works for the reclamation and servicing of some 330 hectares of land in West Kowloon commenced in mid-1990. Two major reclamation contracts were awarded in mid-1991. Most of the reclamation is scheduled for completion in stages by the end of 1994, to enable the construction of strategic transport links which will serve the new airport at Chek Lap Kok.
Detailed design work on the initial phase of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation is in progress. This work also includes specific investigations into urban design parameters, storm water drainage and north-south road links. The first phase will provide land for