Land Development
3.18 Where the formation and servicing of undeveloped areas for urban use involve major engineering works, an investigation into the engineering feasibility of the proposed development is carried out by the Civil Engineering Office. The feasibility reports give details of land formation, population build-up, orders of engineering costs, profitability, time required, land clearance problems, main communications, necessary water and other utility services, etc. These investigations are carried out in accordance with a priority programme which is subject to periodic review. The programme stems from an assessment of the demand for land and its proposed use against the background of Government policy and the Colony Outline Plan.
3.19 Previous feasibility studies have set the pattern for the development of new towns at Castle Peak and Sha Tin, each originally planned for a population of about 1 million people. Studies currently in the programme include, for example, areas for development such as Kowloon Bay, Tai Hom, the next stage of Castle Peak New Town, an industrial area at Shek Wu Hui and areas north of La Salle Road and Tat Chee Avenue, as well as many other locations.
Railway Development
3.20 The land at the present time occupied by the Terminus of the Kowloon-Canton Railway at Tsim Sha Tsui is required for more comprehensive development of the site, and the Terminus is therefore being resited on the Hung Hom Reclamation. A description of the progress of this work is given elsewhere in this report. The new Terminus is expected to become an important centre of communications since it is served by passenger ferries from North Point and Wan Chai, is adjacent to the Kowloon entrance of the Cross Harbour Tunnel, which is now under construction, and will be served by the railway and by buses. It may also, possibly, be served in future by an underground railway line.
3.21 The 32-acre railway site will accommodate a Terminus which will be able to handle 13,000 passengers an hour and 5,000 tons of goods a day. The passenger circulating area, waiting rooms, restaurants, and railway offices will be built on the podium above the passenger station; the podium will also accommodate a multi-storey car park and a bus terminus, and an indoor sports stadium is also to be built above the Terminus. An elevated road network will provide access to the entire complex.
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Land Development
3.18 Where the formation and servicing of undeveloped areas for urban use involve major engineering works an investigation into the engineering feasibility of the proposed development is carried out by the Civil Engineering Office. The feasibility reports give details of land formation, population build-up, orders of engineering costs, profitability, time required, land clearance problems, main communications, necessary water and other utility services, etc., These investigations are carried out in accordance with a priority programme which is subject to periodic review. The programme stems from an assessment of the demand for land and its proposed use against the background of Government policy and the Colony Outline Plan.
3.19 Previous feasibility studies have set the pattern for the develop- ment of new towns at Castle Peak and Sha Tin, each originally planned for a population of about 1 million people. Studies currently in the programme include, for example, areas for development such as Kowloon Bay, Tai Hom, the next stage of Castle Peak New Town, an industrial area at Shek Wu Hui and areas north of La Salle Road and Tat Chee Avenue as well as many other locations.
Railway Development
3.20 The land at the present time occupied by the Terminus of the Kowloon Canton Railway at Tsim Sha Tsui is required for more comprehensive development of the site and the Terminus is therefore being resited on the Hung Hom Reclamation. A description of the progress of this work is given elsewhere in this report. The new Term- inus is expected to become an important centre of communications since it is served by passenger ferries from North Point and Wan Chai, is adjacent to the Kowloon entrance of the Cross Harbour Tunnel which is now under construction and will be served by the railway and by buses. It may also, possibly, be served in future by an underground railway line.
3.21 The 32 acre railway site will accommodate a Terminus which will be able to handle 13,000 passengers an hour and 5,000 tons of goods a day. The passenger circulating area, waiting rooms, restaurants and railway offices will be built on the podium above the passenger station; the podium will also accommodate a multi-storey car park and a bus terminus, and an indoor sports stadium is also to be built above the Terminus. An elevated road network will provide access to the entire complex.
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