XN000022-1992-10-15 — Page 4

العربية

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1992

LAND WOULD

HE SAID DEVELOPMENT ON THE RECLAIMED

INCLUDE THE EXPANSION OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT NORTHWARD ΤΟ THE NEW WATERFRONT FOR A HIGH-PROFILE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; A TRUNK ROAD LINKING THE FUTURE ROUTE 7 TO THE WEST WITH THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR TO THE EAST; A MASS TRANSIT LINE CONNECTING BOTH THE MTR ISLAND LINE AND ACROSS THE HARBOUR TO THE KOWLOON NTR LINE.

HE

SAID ABOUT 21 HECTARES WOULD BE GOVERNMENT/INSTITUTIONAL USES PLUS ANOTHER 24 HECTARES LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT.

DEVOTED TO RESERVED FOR

A CONTINUOUS PROMENADE WILL RUN ALL THE WAY ALONG THE NEW WATERFRONT TOGETHER WITH A LEISURE BASIN IN THE MIDDLE.

THESE WILL MEET THE MUCH-NEEDED DEMAND IN COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND IMPROVE THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE ADJOINING CROWDED DISTRICT.

"ALTHOUGH HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS NOT CONSIDERED A MAJOR REQUIREMENT IN THIS AREA, HOWEVER, SOME ATTRACTIVE RESIDENTIAL SITES FACING THE HARBOUR ARE ALLOWED FOR A SMALL POPULATION UP TO 10,000 ONLY," HE SAID.

MR CHOW SAID THE PROJECTS WOULD BE DEVELOPED IN PHASES AND THAT THE TOTAL PROJECT COST WAS ESTIMATED TO BE OVER $20 BILLION AT CURRENT PRICES AND THE OVERALL PROGRAMME WOULD STRETCH OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT CENTURY.

ON THE SIU SAI WAN RECLAMATION, MR CHOW SAID THE SITE WAS ONE IN THE FIRST BATCH OF URBAN RECLAMATION SELECTED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

THE 23 HECTARES OF RECLAIMED LAND WILL PROVIDE SITE FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, OPEN SPACE AND GOVERNMENT/COMMUNITY USES.

HE ADDED THAT RECLAMATION OF THE AREA HAD BEEN COMPLETED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND ONE MAJOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE HAD BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

REFERRING TO THE ALDRICH BAY RECLAMATION, MR CHOW SAID IT COVERED ABOUT 19 HECTARES OF RECLAIMED LAND IN THE EXISTING TYPHOON SHELTER AND PROVIDED FOR RESIDENTIAL, OPEN SPACE AND OTHER USES TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE SHAU KE1 WAN DISTRICT.

PUBLIC HOUSING WILL ACCOMMODATE THE BULK OF 23,000 PLANNED FOR THE AREA.

A

POPULATION OF

"THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE AT THE END 1999," HE ADDED.

OF

MR CHOW SAID ANOTHER MAJOR RECLAMATION WAS THE GREEN ISLAND RECLAMATION ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HONG KONG ISLAND ADJOINING KENNEDY

TOWN.

"THIS PROPOSED GREEN ISLAND RECLAMATION IS TO BE FORMED BY RECLAIMING THE TRIANGULAR PORTION OF THE SEA ENCLOSED BY GREEN ISLAND AND THE NORTH-WESTERN SHORE OF HONG KONG ISLAND.

/"THE AREA