Construction works and feasibility studies on new urban development areas generally follow the broad pattern of land use and guidelines in the Metroplan, and integrate with the replanning and redevelopment of adjoining old areas. The Civil Engineering and Development Department is conducting the detailed design of several site formation projects to provide new land for growth, to decant existing population and to provide or upgrade facilities to allow for the redevelopment of old and run-down areas.

Hong Kong Island

The Central and Wan Chai Reclamation extends along the waterfront from Sheung Wan to Causeway Bay. Three of the five reclamation phases have been completed — the Central Reclamation Phases I and II, and the Wan Chai Reclamation Phase I. A review on Wan Chai Development Phase II project is being undertaken.

The construction of the Central Reclamation Phase III project started in February 2003 and will be completed by the end of 2008. This phase, together with the other phases of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation, will accommodate strategic road and rail links on the north shore of Hong Kong Island between the Central and Eastern Districts.

The Cyberport, Hong Kong's information technology flagship, is a development on 24 hectares of land at Telegraph Bay in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island. It is a comprehensive development providing 95 000 square metres of Grade A office accommodation for information technology (IT) and IT-related companies, a shopping arcade and a five-star hotel providing 173 rooms. The commercial portion of the Cyberport was completed in June 2004. The residential development will be completed in phases by 2008 providing about 2 800 units for sale on the open market.

Kowloon

The West Kowloon Reclamation provides a total of 340 hectares of land for strategic transport links, commercial development and housing development. It has a current population of about 74 900 which is expected to rise to about 230 500 by 2016.

Following the judgment on harbour reclamation handed down by the Court of Final Appeal in January 2004, a comprehensive planning and engineering review of the Kai Tak development is required to ensure compliance with the legal requirements. The review is divided into two major parts, the planning review and the engineering review. The Planning Department commissioned the Kai Tak Planning Review in July 2004 with the purpose of formulating a new development concept and Preliminary Outline Development plan for Kai Tak. The engineering review and the statutory planning procedure to amend the approved Kai Tak Outline Concept Plans will proceed after the planning review.

A comprehensive public participation programme has been devised in the Kai Tak Planning Review to foster public consensus through an open and informed process. This includes three stages of public participation to engage the public in the redevelopment of the Kai Tak site, the Outline Concept Plans and the Preliminary Outline Development Plan.

Stage 1, on the community's vision for Kai Tak, took place from mid-September to mid-November 2004. Extensive public participation activities were arranged. Based on the views received in Stage 1, three Outline Concept Plans were prepared, each with a different emphasis on land use in order to provide a variety of development scenarios for discussion in the community. The two-month Stage 2 on the Outline Concept Plans was launched in November. Comments received during this stage will be considered during the preparation of the Preliminary Outline Development Plan which members of the public will be invited to discuss in Stage 3.

Another Kowloon scheme, the Choi Wan Road and Jordan Valley development project will form a 20-hectare site in Kwun Tong for the provision of public rental housing for 35 000 people, seven schools and open space. The infrastructure will be completed in stages from 2008 to 2010 to tie in with the housing/school development programme.