Formation of Land

In all, 1 669 hectares of land have been created: 1 248 hectares for the
new airport platform; 67 hectares for Phase I of Tung Chung new town;
334 hectares for West Kowloon Reclamation; and 20 hectares for Central
Reclamation Phase I.

Tung Chung new town, which is planned to house 320 000 people by
2011, will ultimately occupy two valleys at Tung Chung and Tai Ho at
Lantau, plus a coastal strip of reclamation in between. Besides providing
support services for the new airport, it will accommodate commercial and
industrial developments and serve as an impressive gateway to Hong Kong
for visitors. Housing is a mixture of private and public rental and home
ownership scheme. Population intake has commenced since July after
completion of the Phase I work in the second quarter of 1997.

The West Kowloon Reclamation will provide housing for more than
100 000 people, commercial space and vital road and rail arteries linking
Kowloon with the new airport and north-west New Territories. The
reclamation was substantially complete in 1997. Phase I of the Central
Reclamation will provide opportunities for the development of Hong
Kong's central business district, plus a site for the AR's terminus on Hong
Kong Island. The project (excluding works entrusted to the AR Hong
Kong Station Contract) was substantially complete by end-1996, ahead of
the target completion date of mid-1997.

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