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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1989
MORE DEVELOPMENTS IN WAN CHAI NORTH PLANNED
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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT MORE DEVELOPMENTS WOULD TAKE PLACE IN WAN CHAI NORTH IN THE COMING YEARS.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WAN CHAI FESTIVAL AT THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS, MR LAN SAID ACCORDING TO THE FINAL REPORT OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI RECLAMATION PROJECT WOULD YIELD ABOUT 160 HECTARES OF LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SHORE OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
IT HAD BEEN PROPOSED THAT ONE-SEVENTH OF THE
WOULD BE FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
ADDITIONAL LAND
MR LAN NOTED THAT WAN CHAI NORTH WAS DEVELOPING AT A VERY FAST SPEED TO BECOME ANOTHER COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL AREA ON HONG KONG ISLAND, AFTER CENTRAL AND ADMIRALTY.
"THE COMMERCIAL FLOOR AREA IN WAN CHAI NORTH NOW TOTALS 160,000 SQUARE METRES.
"AN ADDITIONAL 200,000 SQUARE METRES WILL BE PROVIDED BY TWO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN GLOUCESTER ROAD AND HARBOUR ROAD, APART FROM THE MANY NEW OFFICE BUILDINGS NOW UNDER VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HE SAID.
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MR LAN SAID WAN CHAI, WHILE FAST BECOMING A COMMERCIAL AREA, WOULD CONTINUE TO OFFER AN IDEAL LIVING ENVIRONMENT. HE URGED WAN CHAI RESIDENTS TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM, SAID THE AIM OF ORGANISING THE FESTIVAL WAS TO ENHANCE THE SENSE OF UNITY AND BELONGING AMONG RESIDENTS, AND то PROMOTE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN, DISTRICT
ADMINISTRATION.
THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL WILL RUN UNTIL NOVEMBER 12. A SERIES OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HAS BEEN LINED UF FOR THE 200,000 RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW WITH PERFORMANCES BY POP SINGERS, CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS DEMONSTRATIONS, AND A TALK ON WAN CHAI'S FUNG-SHUI.
ALSO ATTENDING THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE WAN CHAI FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR RAYMOND CHOW.
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