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Urban Development Areas
Work on new urban development areas generally takes account of the Metroplan. This document sets out a broad pattern of land-use and guidelines for the planning and development of new areas, which integrate with the replanning and redevelopment of adjoining old areas in a co-ordinated manner.
Hong Kong Island
The Central and Wan Chai Reclamation, extending along the waterfront from Sheung Wan to Causeway Bay, will cover an area of 108 hectares. The project is being implemented in phases.
The first phase of the Central Reclamation involves reclamation of about 20 hectares of land between Sheung Wan and Blake Pier, to provide land for the construction of the Hong Kong Central Station of the airport railway and the extension of the area's business district. Phase I works commenced in September 1993 and progress has been satisfactory. Land for the construction of the Hong Kong Central Station will be available in mid-1995. The supporting infrastructure will be available for the operation of the station in mid-1998.
The second phase of the Central Reclamation, which involves the creation of about 5.3 hectares of land in the Tamar Basin area for commercial and open space development, commenced in December 1994.
The detailed design for Phase III of the Central Reclamation, which will connect Phase I and Phase II, will commence in February 1995. The reclamation work is scheduled to start in early 1997.
Wan Chai Reclamation Phase I, which will provide land for the extension of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, commenced in March 1994. Completion of the works is scheduled for January 1997, to tie in with the target opening date of the extension in mid-1997. Wan Chai Reclamation Phase II is under active planning.
The Belcher Bay reclamation will create about 10 hectares of land, mainly for the construction of the Belcher Bay Link, a dual carriageway connecting the existing, upgraded, Connaught Road West with Smithfield Road in Kennedy Town. Both the reclamation and the construction of the link commenced in May 1993, for targeted completion in 1996–97, to tie in with the opening of the Western Harbour Crossing.
The Aldrich Bay development will produce about 28 hectares of land for private and public housing, open space and other uses. The new typhoon shelter was put into use in early 1991, while reclamation of the old typhoon shelter started in August 1992 for completion, in phases, from 1995 to 1997.
The Siu Sai Wan development includes the formation of about 56 hectares of land for industrial, residential, government, institutional, community and other uses. A secondary school has already been completed. Another secondary school, a private sector participation scheme housing development and an Urban Council sports ground are under construction.
Kowloon
Large-scale reclamation work is currently underway at West Kowloon and Hung Hom Bay. Some 340 hectares of land are being formed in West Kowloon, including reclamation at Stonecutters Island, to tie in with the government's proposed programme for the