FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1990
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GO AHEAD FOR WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION
MASSIVE RECLAMATION IN WEST KOWLOON IS TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE COMING YEARS TO PROVIDE LAND FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
TOTALLING 307 HECTARES, THE RECLAMATION WOULD EXTEND FROM THE WEST-END WATERFRONT OF MEI FOO SUN CHUEN TO THE NORTH OF THE CHINA FERRY TERMINAL, CANTON ROAD.
THE MASSIVE LAND FORMED WOULD BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL,
INDUSTRIAL,
RELATED,
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS AND OPEN SPACES.
PORT
IN ADDITION, THE RECLAMATION WOULD ALSO PROVIDE LAND RESERVES FOR THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY, WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND RAIL LINK TO THE NEW CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT.
EXPECTED
RECLAMATION WORKS WOULD START EARLY NEXT YEAR AND ARE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1996. BY THEN, THE LAND AREA OF THE KOWLOON PENINSULA WOULD BE EXTENSIVELY ENLARGED.
THE RECLAMATION WOULD BE UNDER TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS CARRIED OUT SIMULTANEOUSLY.
TO BE
METRES OF
ONE PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF 2,750 SEAWALL AND THE RECLAMATION OF AN AREA OF 156 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED AT THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING WATERFRONT FROM THE TAI KOK TSUI FERRY PIER TO THE WESTERN END OF MEI FOO SUN CHUEN AND ACROSS TO THE NORTHERN SIDE OF STONECUTTERS ISLAND.
THE OTHER PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 1,740 METRE-SEAWALL AND THE RECLAMATION OF 151 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED AT THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING KOWLOON WATERFRONT FROM THE NORTH OF THE CHINA FERRY TERMINAL, CANTON ROAD UP TO CHERRY STREET.
THE EXTENT OF THE AREAS AFFECTED ARE DESCRIBED IN TWO NOTICES GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
ANY PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT HE HAS AN INTEREST, RIGHT OR EASEMENT IN OR OVER THE FORESHORES AND SEABEDS INVOLVED MAY SUBMIT A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS ON OR BEFORE JUNE 5.
THE NOTICES AND THE PLANS CAN BE SEEN ON NOTICE BOARDS POSTED NEAR THE SITES.
THE PLANS CAN ALSO BE SEEN AT THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE AT 14TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING IN GARDEN ROAD OR AT THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT OFFICE, 490-492 ROAD, HOP FAT COMMERCIAL CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, KOWLOON.
NATHAN
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