31/5/2018-2

Kwun Tong increases supply, residents support priority brownfields

In recent years, Kwun Tong District has been transformed into a residential and commercial area. The study has relocated the oil reservoir distribution reservoir to a cavern to free up land for development and utilize the potential of transport infrastructure and public facilities. The development will take a long time. The residents in the area support the development of brown areas in priority. Accelerate the release of land supply.

Utilities Development Overwhelmed Traffic Loads

The Kwun Tong area covers Kwun Tong, Kowloon Bay, Lam Tin and Yau Tong. It covers an area of ​​about 11 square kilometres and has a total population of about 650,000. In the past, the area was dominated by residential and industrial mixed development. Afterwards, the district is undergoing a transformation into a residential and commercial area.

At present, nearly 7 adults live in public housing. In the future, there will be large-scale development projects such as the reconstruction of the Kwun Tong Town Centre and the Anderson Development Area. It will take more than 10 years to plan and develop.

In addition, District Council Member Wong Chi-kin said that residents are generally inclined to support the method of introducing land in the short-to-medium term, such as the development of brownfields in the New Territories.

Reservoir project cost high retention

Utilizing the development of land for public utilities or transportation infrastructure, the Yau Tong Ventilation Building is a successful example. However, residents have different attitudes. First, they can make up for the small amount of land, and secondly, they worry about whether the supporting facilities in the transport community can be loaded.

As for the strategic location of the Yau Tong water and sea water storage reservoir, the study moved into caves to free up 6 hectares of land. Due to the high cost of development and the unknown future planned use, residents are more reserved.

Another District Council member, Cheung Chi-teng, said that in recent years, many government sites in the district have been rezoned for other uses, providing housing, increasing community medical facilities and receiving community support. Most residents also believe that there should be an option for the public to contend for smaller disputes that can provide a large area of ​​land, including the development of East Lantau and the resettlement of houses at Kwai Chung Ferry Pier. The development restrictions are relatively small, and land compatibility inconsistencies can be avoided.

In addition, the Think Tank New Paradigm Foundation has proposed two new plans for the development of the Fanling Stadium, including the phase-out of the entire golf course, involving a total area of ​​172 hectares, of which half of the reserve is reserved for community facilities and is developed at a 6.5-fold plot ratio. The development of a golf course is expected to involve the construction of about 100,000 to 150,000 gangs. If it is developed along with the 15 acre site of the AFCD’s Dalong facility, it will provide 163,000 units.

The second option is to recover part of the stadium land, use the existing international open venue as a base to rebuild a standard stadium, and the remaining 102 hectares of land will be reclaimed and developed, and about 50,000 to 70,000 will be built. It is also proposed that a golf course can be re-established at Penny’s Bay on Lantau Island or at Kau Sai Chau, Sai Kung.