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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1992
SOUTH-EAST KOWLOON DEVELOPMENT STUDY CONTRACT AWARDED
AN $11 MILLION PLANNING STUDY ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SOUTH-EAST KOWLOON, INCLUDING THE SITE OF THE EXISTING HONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WAS COMMISSIONED TODAY (TUESDAY).
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THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, DR PETER PUN, SIGNED A CONTRACT A GROUP OF CONSULTANTS, LED BY LLEWELYN-DAVIES HONG KONG LIMITED, FOR THE STUDY WHICH WILL TRANSLATE THE METROPLAN CONCEPT FOR SOUTH-EAST
KOWLOON INTO A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT.
THE STUDY WILL COVER A TOTAL POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA OF ABOUT 530 HECTARES INCLUDING THE EXISTING AIRPORT SITE OF ABOUT 230 HECTARES AND THE ADJOINING AREAS OF RECLAMATION AT KOWLOON BAY.
IT WILL TAKE FORWARD THE METROPLAN'S OUTLINE PROPOSALS DESIGN PARAMETERS TO PRODUCE FOR THE AREA AN OPTIMAL PATTERN OF USE AND AN ATTRACTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
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IT WILL ALSO IDENTIFY PACKAGES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL SYSTEMS (INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, STORM WATER DRAINAGE, SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES) AND THE BROAD SEQUENCE OF WORKS.
THE DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT WILL TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
THE METROPLAN HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED FOR THE AREA A BROAD LAND USE FRAMEWORK WHICH ENVISAGED A BALANCED MIX OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING WITH A POTENTIAL POPULATION OF ABOUT 262,000.
THE METROPLAN PLANNING FRAMEWORK ALSO INCLUDES A NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL, OFFICE AND HOTEL AREAS, NEW INDUSTRIAL ZONES FOR HI-TECH MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES, RESERVATIONS FOR VARIOUS MAJOR COMMUNITY USES SUCH AS A POSSIBLE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK AND AN INTER-LINKED SYSTEM OF OPEN SPACES AND WATERFRONT PROMENADES.
IN ORDER TO OPTIMISE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE AREAS, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE METROPLAN CONCEPT FOR SOUTH-EAST KOWLOON BE TRANSLATED INTO A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT WITH PRACTICAL OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES.
THE DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT WILL IDENTIFY SPECIFIC ACTION AREAS
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DETAILED SCHEMES TO PROCEED.
TO ACHIEVE THIS, AN OUTLINE STUDY OF THE PLANNING, TRANSPORT, ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE WHOLE SOUTH-EAST KOWLOON IS REQUIRED.
IN THIS CONTEXT, SOUTH-EAST KOWLOON ALSO INCLUDES KOWLOON CITY, MA TAU KOK, TO KWA WAN AND HUNG HOM FOR WHICH THE STUDY WILL EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING THE RELOCATION OF THE AIRPORT FROM KAI TAK TO CHEK LAP KOK.
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