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FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1989

THE

THIS IS PARTICULARLY OPPORTUNE IN VIEW OF

ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VISITORS THAT WILL RESULT FROM THE CURRENT MODERNISATION OF THE PEAK TRAM, HE ADDED.

MR HO EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD LONG BEEN AWARE OF THE NEED TO IMPROVE SUCH FACILITIES BUT UNTIL NOW THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH

AVAILABLE LAND TO REDEVELOP AND, AT THE SAME TIME, MAINTAIN AN

UNINTERRUPTED PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE, INCLUDING CAR PARKING.

WITH THE ADDITION OF THE PEAK MANSIONS NOW LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE PURPOSE, HE NOTED.

SITE, THE SITE WAS

MR 110 SAID IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE REDEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES, TENDERERS FOR THE SITE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A CAREFULLY PLANNED LAYOUT TO INCORPORATE ALL THE PUBLIC SERVICES, INCLUDING CAR PARKING AND THE REPROVISIONING OF THE EXISTING PUBLIC TRANSPORT TERMINUS.

OF

"SIMILAR THOUGHT WILL HAVE TO BE GIVEN то THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDINGS FOR THEM TO BE IN KEEPING WITH THE LOW DENSITY CHARACTER THE AREA AS WELL AS HOW WELL WILL PUBLIC OPEN SPACE BE PROVIDED.

"AS WITH THE RECENT TENDER FOR THE PEAK CAFE, PRICE WILL NOT THE BE THE ONLY FACTOR AND DUE WEIGHT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE QUALITY OF DESIGN AND HOW WELL IT RELATES TO THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT.'

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IN A BID TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS OUTSIDE THE PEAK TOWER, MR HO SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD SET OUT IN THE PLANNING GUIDELINES FOR

THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT

ADEQUATE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION HAD TO BE PROVIDED BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT

AND AREA,

THE PEAK TERMINUS AND THE COACH PICKING UP/SETTING DOWN TRAM STATION.

REQUIRED ΤΟ

ALSO TENDERERS WERE

ROAD SUBMIT A SATISFACTORY LAYOUT WITH A WORKABLE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION WHICH WOULD AVOID CONFLICT BETWEEN VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TERMINUS AND THE ITS DEVELOPMENT ITSELF BY RESTRICTING VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE TO SOUTHERN PART.

"WE ARE HOPING THAT THE PRESENT CONFLICT BETWEEN VEHICLES PEDESTRIANS OUTSIDE THE PEAK TOWER WILL BE A THING OF VEHICLES GOING IN AND OUT OF THE SITE WILL BUSY CORNER," HE SAID.

BE

AND THE PAST, AND KEPT AWAY FROM THIS

AREAS WOULD

AS NEW OPEN SPACE

BE A MAJOR FEATURE OF THE AS MUCH OPEN REDEVELOPMENT, THE PROPOSAL SHOULD ALSO AIM TO PROVIDE

THE CENTRE PIECES SPACE AS POSSIBLE ON THE SITE AS ONE OF

OF THIS THING A VISITOR SAW ON DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THE FIRST LEAVING THE PEAK TRAM BUILDING.

ABOUT 2,500

MR HO SAID THE URBAN COUNCIL WAS MAKING A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION

NEW PUBLIC GARDEN OF IN THIS RESPECT BY PAYING FOR A SQUARE METRES IN THE AREA NEXT TO THE PEAK TRAM.

/TENDERERS WILL