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LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES

Extension of Tseung Kwan O New Town, and Northshore Lantau Development Feasibility Study.

Urban Development Areas

Construction works and feasibility studies on new urban development areas generally follow the broad pattern of land use and guidelines in the Metroplan, and integrate with the replanning and redevelopment of adjoining old areas in a co-ordinated. manner. The Territory Development Department (TDD) is conducting feasibility studies and detailed design of several major reclamation projects to provide new land for growth, to decant existing population and to provide or upgrade facilities to enable the redevelopment of old and run-down areas.

Hong Kong Island

The Central and Wan Chai Reclamation extends along the waterfront from Sheung Wan to Causeway Bay. Three of the five reclamation phases have been completed Central Reclamation Phase I, Central Reclamation Phase II and Wan Chai Reclamation Phase I.

The detailed design for Central Reclamation Phase III is in progress. The construction is expected to start in August 2002 for completion in 2007.

The planning for Wan Chai Development Phase II is progressing smoothly. The comprehensive feasibility study was substantially completed in August 2001. The overall planning layout will be gazetted in early 2002. This phase, together with the other phases of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation, will accommodate a strategic road and rail links along the north shore of Hong Kong Island between Central and the island's eastern part.

The Western District Development Strategy has been formulated to consult the public on the future development of the Western District on Hong Kong Island. The area covered includes Sheung Wan, Sai Ying Pun, Kennedy Town and a proposed reclamation off Kennedy Town. The public consultation on the Western District Development Strategy was completed at end-2000. The Administration is considering the public views collected and reviewing the scale of reclamation.

On the eastern side of Hong Kong Island, the Aldrich Bay development has produced some 28 hectares of land for private and public housing, open space and other uses to house about 30 000 people. The reclamation work was completed in 1997. The housing estates of Oi Tung Estate, Tung Yuk Court and Aldrich Garden were completed in late 2000/early 2001. Construction of roads and other infrastructure commenced in January 1999 for completion in phases to meet the population intake there.

The Cyberport project is being developed at Telegraph Bay in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island, on 24 hectares of land reclaimed in 1989. The Cyberport is an important information infrastructural project that will provide first-class office accommodation for over 100 information technology and IT-related companies, a specially designed Cybercentre for over 50 commercial tenants of different trades and a deluxe international hotel that will have 176 rooms. The Cyberport is scheduled to be completed in phases between early 2002 and 2004. The ancillary residential development to be completed in phases between mid-2004 and mid-2007 will provide

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