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Fresent Position

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Since ther, Government has decided to proceed with hung Hom Reclamation

and the major parts of the new eastern approaches.

The main thrust of further strategic planning has been to develop a TDS

planning system to guide the implementation of the TDS.

It is

recognized that the realistic development opportunities and the

appropriate time to implement them are both affected by the continual

changes in social, economic and other external factors. Hence the

initial results derived in 1984 were reviewed in 1986 in the light of

new population and GDF growth projections. The initial strategy

consisting of the harbour reclamations at Hung Hom, West Kowloon,

Central and War Chai and Green Island was reconfirmed despite markedly

slower population growth rates and significant changes in GDP growth.

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Engineering feasibility anu lard use planning studies of the harbour

reclamation schemes are now in progress. Feasibility study of the new

trunk road between NWNT and Tsuen Wan new town, viz. the Route 'X'

also about to commence.

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The

The schemes included in TDS have attracted much private interest.

LUTO-based planning procedure has also been used in the economic

appraisal of private sector initiatives such as in the tenders for the

Eastern Harbour Crossing.

Outline

Recenlty, an

Works Programme (OWP) for guiding the

implementation of these schemes is completed. The OWP provides the

linkage between the long-term strategy and the Public Works Programme.

It is intended that

that the OWP will be updated annually to provide the