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	From Hong Kong's Information Services Department

October 6, 2006

Development

Views sought on Wan Chai harbourfront plan

A roving exhibition, community workshops and other activities will be held to collect public views on the concept plan for the Wan Chai Development Phase II project.

Opening the roving exhibition today, the Harbourfront Enhancement Committee's Wan Chai Development Phase II Review Sub-committee Chairman Leung Kong-yui said five 'character precincts' are proposed to enhance waterfront areas.

They are the:

* Arts & Culture Precinct, covering the Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) area and the area to its west;

* Water Park Precinct, covering the waterfront area between the HKCEC and the ex-Public Cargo Working Area (ex-PCWA);

* Water Recreation Precinct, covering the ex-PWCA basin;

* Heritage Precinct, covering the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter and Victoria Park; and,

* Leisure & Recreation Precinct, covering the new waterfront area at North Point.

Harbour enhancement: The Harbourfront Enhancement Committee's Leung Kong-yui says five 'character precincts' are proposed to enhance waterfront areas.

Harbourside access

Nine additional and improved pedestrian links to the new waterfront are proposed to promote public access to the harbourfront. These include five ground-level crossings and four landscape decks or footbridges.

A continuous waterfront promenade extending from Central to North Point will also be provided.

"We would like to hear from the public whether the concept plan generally represents what they would like to see along this section of the new harbourfront," Mr Leung said.

A roving exhibition to display details of the concept plan will be held at Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and Admiralty MTR Stations, Revenue and Immigration Towers in Wan Chai, and at North Point Government Offices, until November 2.

Two community workshops will be convened October 21 and 28 at the YMCA College of Careers' HK Centre and the bandstand of Victoria Park respectively. The workshops will be preceded by a harbour walk in the morning.

Town hall meeting

A town hall meeting will be convened on December 16 to reach a consensus on the concept plan revised according to the outcome of the community workshops and other feedback.

A digest will be distributed to participants in the engagement activities. For more information click here.

People who want to attend the activities can make reservations by calling 2231 4408 during office hours or by emailing bpchan@cedd.gov.hk.