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Planning, Land and Infrastructure
treatment works to caverns to release the original 28-hectare site for residential development and other uses. The government has also commenced feasibility studies on the relocation of three other service reservoirs or sewage treatment works to caverns to free another six hectares of land.
The CEDD is conducting a consultancy study on the long-term strategy for rock cavern development in Hong Kong to prepare Cavern Master Plans and formulate guidelines for future cavern development projects.
Underground Space Development
The CEDD is undertaking a territory-wide study to identify potential areas for underground space development to make available more usable space and to enhance connectivity in the urban areas and new towns. The CEDD will start a pilot study on underground space development soon in four selected strategic urban areas (Causeway Bay, Happy Valley, Admiralty/Wan Chai and Tsim Sha Tsui West) to formulate an underground master plan for each of these areas and identify priority projects.
Major Planning Studies and Development Projects
North East New Territories New Development Areas
The 'North East New Territories NDAs Planning and Engineering Study, completed in 2014, formulates a feasible land use framework for the proposed NDAs to meet Hong Kong's long-term housing, social and economic development needs. The Kwu Tung North and Fanling North NDAs will provide a total of about 60,000 new housing units, of which 60 per cent will be Public Rental Housing and Home Ownership Scheme units, to accommodate an additional population of about 173,000. The two NDAs will also provide about 37,700 new employment opportunities. Detailed design of the NDAs' advance works and first stage works commenced in November 2014. The major construction works are anticipated to commence in 2018 for the first population intake in 2023.
Tung Chung New Town Extension
The Planning Department and the CEDD jointly commissioned the Tung Chung New Town Extension Study in 2012 to meet housing, social, economic, environmental and local needs. About 48,000 flats are proposed in the extension areas and the study's Stage 3 Public Engagement was completed in October 2014. The first population intake is expected in 2023. A commercial hub is proposed in Tung Chung East, providing a gross floor area of about 850,000 square metres for office, retail and hotel use. About 40,000 jobs will be created. The study is expected to be completed by 2015.
Future Use of Quarry Sites
Planning studies on the future land use of Anderson Road and Cha Kwo Ling quarry sites were completed in 2014, as well as the second stage of community engagement on the Planning and Engineering Study for Ex-Lamma Quarry Area in Sok Kwu Wan.
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