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Planning, Land and Infrastructure

Lok Ma Chau Loop

Covering an area of 87 hectares, the Lok Ma Chau (LMC) Loop will be developed with higher education as the leading use, complemented by high-tech research and development and cultural and creative industries. A statutory draft Outline Zoning Plan for the LMC Loop is under preparation following the start of a detailed design of land decontamination and advance engineering works in June 2014.

Kai Tak

The Kai Tak Development (KTD) is an ongoing large-scale and highly complex urban development project of about 320 hectares, covering the former airport site and the adjoining land. Since 2013, initial infrastructure packages, including the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Building, two public housing estates, the Trade and Industry Tower, Kwun Tong Promenade, Runway Park Phase 1, and early stages of infrastructure works and the District Cooling System (DCS) have been commissioned. Major public works that are now under construction or about to start include the Hong Kong Children's Hospital, further stages of infrastructure works and DCS, and the section of the Shatin to Central Link within the KTD.

To explore the opportunity of suitably increasing office and housing supply in the KTD, the Civil Engineering and Development Department completed a technical study on minor relaxations of restrictions on building heights and plot ratios at 21 development sites. Planning applications for the changes received Town Planning Board approval in April 2015.

The department also launched a detailed feasibility study for an Environmentally Friendly Linkage System in Kowloon East in October 2015 to evaluate and formulate the most suitable green public transport mode(s) for the system, which aims to enhance connectivity and support the transformation of Kowloon East into a new core business district.

Wan Chai

The Wan Chai Development Phase II project is the final phase of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation project. Its main purpose is to provide land for essential transport infrastructure, including the Central-Wan Chai Bypass. The reclaimed land will also be used to develop a harbourfront promenade from Central to North Point. Construction, which started in 2009, is expected to be completed in 2017 for the commissioning of the bypass.

Tuen Mun

The Planning Department and the CEDD are continuing with a planning and engineering study to examine the development potential of Tuen Mun areas 40 and 46 and the adjoining areas, exploring suitable land uses and development parameters to optimise the use of land resources. They completed a two-month Stage 1 Community Engagement exercise on the proposed land use in November 2015. The comments received would be taken into account in formulating a Preliminary Outline Development Plan at the next stage of the study.

New Territories North

The Planning Department and the CEDD are continuing with a 'Preliminary Feasibility Study on Developing the New Territories North' to examine the area's development potential, the

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