LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
On the eastern side, the Aldrich Bay development has produced some 30 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 was completed in August 1997.
Infrastructure works and building developments for various uses were well advanced on the 56 hectares of land formed at Siu Sai Wan. Two secondary schools and three Private Sector Participation Scheme housing developments together with most of the infrastructure were completed. The Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground has come into operation. Another secondary school and the two remaining footbridges were under construction.
Site formation and road works for public housing development at Woodside, Quarry Bay, will commence in mid-1999 for the building works to start in mid-2002 for completion in mid-2005.
Kowloon
Further to the substantial completion of West Kowloon Reclamation in 1996, major distributor roads serving transport links to Western Harbour Crossing, West Kowloon Expressway and a section of Route 3 were completed and opened to traffic in 1997. In addition, improvements to the trunk storm drains and sewerage system. were substantially completed. The remaining road and drainage works on the reclamation will be progressively completed to tie in with the developments. A large open space fronting Nam Cheong Estate serving as a buffer zone between the residential area and the West Kowloon Expressway was formed. Other developments on West Kowloon Reclamation including private and public housing and commercial developments are in progress. These developments will ease pressure on the existing adjacent congested residential and industrial areas and house about 118 000 persons. At Hung Hom Bay Reclamation, the 36 hectares of land formed will be used for private and public housing, commercial development, extension of the existing Kowloon-Canton Railway freight yard, government, institutional and community facilities, schools, open space and road works. The area will house about 11 500 persons. Engineering infrastructure, including two trunk roads (the Hung Hom Bypass and Princess Margaret Road Link) is being built for completion in mid-1999. The South East Kowloon development feasibility study on developing the existing Kai Tak Airport area after the relocation of Hong Kong International Airport to Chek Lap Kok will be completed in early 1998. The feasibility study indicates that about 270 hectares can be released from the existing airport site, some 300 hectares formed by reclamation and about 100 hectares reserved for the proposed typhoon shelter and cargo-working area at Cha Kwo Ling. The adjoining 270 hectares of existing urban areas at Hung Hom, To Kwa Wan, Ma Tau Kok and Kowloon City also offer opportunities for urban renewal. A wide range of engineering works, including the reprovisioning of marine and land-based facilities, reclamation, highway construction and the provision of drainage, sewerage, sewage treatment and other public utilities, will soon be carried out and works will continue into the next century. The target population to be accommodated in the new development areas is in the range of 285 000 to 310 000.
The Kowloon Point development feasibility study was completed in June. Its proposal for a 40-hectare reclamation at the southern end of the West Kowloon
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