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A F.2-HECTARE SITE ALONG THE WATERFRONT FROM THE HILL ROAD
TO A POINT BETWEEN CHIU KWONG AND WESTERN STREETS HAS SERVED FOR A TWO-STOREY WHOLESALE MARKET.
BETWEEN THE MARKET AND CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST A 1.37-HECTARE AS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR A TRAM DEPOT AND ANOTHER AREA FOR GOVERNMENT-INSTITUTION-COMMUNITY USE.
AN AREA TO THE EAST OF THE MARKET HAS ALSO BEEN DESIGNATED FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
TO THE EAST OF THIS, STRETCHING FROM WESTERN STREET TO A POINT BETWEEN CENTRE STREET AND EASTERN STREET, A 3.24-HECTARE SITE HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR A PARK.
FROM EAST OF THE PROPOSED PARK TO A POINT OPPOSITE WHERE BONHAM STRAND WEST JOINS DES VOEUX ROAD WEST THREE SITES TOTALLING 5.21 HECTARES HAVE BEEN ZONED FOR UNDETERMINED USE.
THIS LAND HAS BEEN RESERVED IN THE LONGER TERM FOR A FUTURE POSSIBLE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL LANDFALL.
IN THE MEANTIME IT MAY BE USED AS A LORRY PARK OR URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT DEPOT.
EAST OF THIS, UP TO A POINT OPPOSITE MORRISON STREET, LARGE AREAS HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR A DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION, AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE, A DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE, A BUS TERMINUS AND A MARKET AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES COMPLEX.
THREE OF THE SITES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED FOR JOINT VENTURE DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY AND THE GOVERNMENT.
A SITE BOUNDED BY HOLLYWOOD ROAD, SHING WONG STREET, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND HILLIER STREET, WHICH HAD PROVED DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP FOR GEOTECHNICAL REASONS, HAS BEEN REZONED TO +OTHER SPECIFIED USES+ ANNOTATED +COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT AREA+.
IN SUTHERLAND STREET, A PROPOSED OPEN SPACE AREA HAS BEEN INCREASED IN SIZE BY REZONING AN ADDITIONAL AREA FROM +COMMERCIAL- RESIDENTIAL+ TO +OPEN SPACE+.
FIVE SITES, TWO TO THE NORTH OF CAINE ROAD, ONE AT THE JUNCTION OF LADDER AND WING LEE STREETS, ONE AT THE JUNCTION OF ROSE LANE AND POKFULAM ROAD AND ANOTHER NEAR THE JUNCTION OF UPPER STATION STREET AND HOLLYWOOD ROAD, HAVE BEEN REZONED FROM +RESIDENTIAL+ TO OPEN SPACE+.
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