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OPERATING REVIEW
Around
Over
Over
31,000 m2 Government, Institution or
Community facilities including an indoor Public Transport Interchange equipped with smart facilities
2,300
200,000 m2 commercial space
13,000 m2 public open space
new flats
Over 16,000 square metres of the floor space of Kwun Tong
Town Centre Project is allocated for public facilities including Hong Kong’s first air-conditioned waiting area of the bus terminus in a covered public transport interchange and 7,100 square metres of green open space.
Kwun Tong Town Centre Project
The URA’s largest single project to date, the Kwun Tong Town Centre covers a total site area of 5.3 hectares and involved around 1,300 households prior to redevelopment. Upon completion of works in all five Development Areas (DAs), and as a result of optimising land uses and development potentials, the project could produce vast amount of living and community spaces comprising the followings:
This project is being implemented in phases, with the site divided into five Development Areas (DAs). DA 1 at Yuet Wah Street was completed in June 2014 and the flats are almost sold out. For DAs 2 & 3, the Certificate of Compliance for the whole development was obtained at the end of April 2021 and sales of flats are in progress. The Yue Man Square Public Transport Interchange in the development, which commenced operation on 2 April 2021, is well-connected with major streets of the area and equipped with multiple innovative and smart features such as Hong Kong’s first indoor air-conditioned bus waiting area that separates passengers from vehicular traffic.
For DAs 4 & 5, while the road closure and road work scheme was gazetted in August 2020 and authorised in February 2021, demolition is still in progress after completion of site clearance in March 2021. Consultation with the MTR Corporation for the elevated deck connection is underway. General Building Plans to validate key development parameters and committed design elements/features in the Master Layout Plan have been submitted to the Buildings Department for approval. It is targeted to send out the invitations for tender by early 2022.
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