What are the urban development plans the Hong Kong government has formulated for Kowloon?
The West Kowloon Reclamation (WKR) provides a total of 340 hectares of land for strategic transport links, commercial development and housing development. It has a current population of about 47,500 which is expected to rise to about 129,000 by 2011. Infrastructure works have been substantially completed, and the final phase of reclamation to provide 13 hectares of land is near completion and remaining roadworks are in progress. The southern portion of the WKR (about 40 hectares) is to be developed into a world-class integrated arts, cultural and entertainment district. The results of an open competition on the conceptual planning for the area were announced in February 2003. The Hong Kong government has decided in principle to adopt the concept plan of the first prize winning concept as the basis for the master plan for the project. A high-level steering committee, chaired by the Chief Secretary for the Administration, has been set up to take forward the development. The land uses of
