Laundry Street Reconstruction

The Town Planning Board revised the “Mong Kok Outline Zoning Plan” (hereinafter referred to as the Outline Plan). The land use of the Mong Kok Laundry Street Redevelopment Project (hereinafter referred to as the “Lai Wan” project” was changed to “Commerce (4)”. When the review was received in March, it was requested to include more planning requirements for the site, including requesting future developers to submit the development plan of the entire project to the Town Planning Board for consideration. The Town Planning Board will discuss 20 representations received in this regard on Friday. The Planning Department has pointed out that no objections have been received and it is suggested that the Town Planning Board will not need to make further amendments.

Receive 20 representations Full support

The laundry street project covers an area of ​​about 1.3 hectares and is located at the junction of Lai King Street and Argyle Street. It was originally used by government departments such as the Water Supplies Department and the FEHD. According to the Government’s concept, three buildings can be built. One of them is a 70-storey landmark. Commercial buildings.

When the Town Planning Board reviewed the amendments to the Outline Plans in March, members generally agreed that the future developers should submit a planning application to the Town Planning Board for the development of the site, so that the Town Planning Board could consider whether the schemes were in line with the planning intention. The outline plan was further revised and accepted by the public. The Planning Department pointed out that 20 representations were received in this regard, all of which supported the amendments, including the belief that this would ensure that the laundry street project would provide different government, institutional or community facilities in the future, responding to public concerns and increasing transparency.