Page 18 - Building Journal - September 2016

project News

Revised Hung Shui Kiu plan announced

he Planning Department and the Shui Kiu New Development Area Planning
Civil Engineering & Development & Engineering Study. The revised plan
TDepartment recently announced suggests the area will accommodate about
the Hung Shui Kiu New Development 218,000 residents, including 176,000 in
Area Revised Recommended Outline new population, provide about 150,000
Development Plan. employment opportunities, and 61,000
The plan was prepared under the Hung new flats.
It will also offer development space
for offices, hotels, retail, innovation and
technology uses, modern logistics and
modern industries.
Its information digest and the Stage
3 comm uni t y eng ag e m e nt re port
summarising the public views gathered
and with the responses provided are
available online for public reference.
The government will continue to work
on the details of the implementation
arrangements for the project in the light of
(Photo: Hong Kong Government) public views and suggestions collected.

Sha Tin site awarded to Six were for apartment and apartment-
Cheung Kong Property commercial developments, seven for
commercial developments, three for factory
The tender for a Sha Tin site has been and industrial developments, and four for
awarded on a 50-year land grant at a community services development.
premium of $1.953 billion, the Lands Consent was given for work to start on 13
Department announced on September 14. building projects that will provide 43,371
Sha Tin Town Lot No. 614 at Lai Ping Road, square metres of gross floor area for domestic
Kau To, was awarded to Cheung Kong use, involving 1,120 units, and 21,651 sq m
Property subsidiary Rich View Investments. of gross floor area for non-domestic use.
It has a site area of 6,299 sq m and is The department received notification of
designated for private residential purposes. the start of work for 14 building projects. It
The minimum and maximum gross floor also issued 16 occupation permits - five on
areas are 13,606 sq m and 22,676 sq m. Hong Kong Island, three in Kowloon and
The Lands Department also announced eight in the New Territories.
a Kai Tak site in the 2016-17 Land Sale The buildings certified for occupation have
Programme will be sold by public tender, 95,409 sq m of gross floor area for domestic
New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6565 has a site use, involving 1,311 units, and 17,101 sq m
area of 11,262 square metres with minimum for non-domestic use.
and maximum gross floor areas of 36,489 The declared cost of new buildings
and 60,814 sq m. The tender invitation for completed in July totalled $2.9 billion.
the lot will open September 23 and close
October 28. CEDD to look at the possibility

20 building plans of accommodating a number of
approved in July brownfield operations in multi-
The Buildings Department approved 20 storey buildings
building plans in July - eight on Hong Kong Mott MacDonald has been appointed by
Island, four in Kowloon and eight in the New the Government of Hong Kong's Civil
Territories. Engineering and Development Department

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