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The New Era of

Infrastructure Development
Mrs Carrie Lam
Secretary for Development
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
 Development Bureau

Important Statutory and Advisory Bodies : Town Planning Board

Antiquates Advisory Board
Land and Development Advisory Committee
Harbourfront Commission

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Plover Cove Reservoir
1950s -
1960s :
Meeting Basic
Needs

Water supply
Public Housing
Public housing

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http://www.gakei.com/est/est.htm
 New Town
1970s -1980s :
Accommodating
Growing Population
New towns
Mass transit railway
Slope safety

Mass transit railway Slope safety

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 Slope safety
1990s : The Airport & Port
FloodStrategy
prevention

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 2000s :
Strengthening Cross-
border Integration
Lok Ma Chau Spur Line

Shenzhen Bay Port

Shenzhen Bay Link

Stonecutters Bridge
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 New Aspirations for
Infrastructure
Enhancing economic competitiveness
Improving living environment

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 Ten Major Infrastructure Projects

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 Construction :
2009 2016
Strategic link
between east and
west banks of Pearl
River Delta Region

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

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 Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong
Express Rail Link

West Kowloon Terminus & Future Topside Development

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 Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Express Line
Total 42 km (Hong Kong
Section 18 km)

GUANGZHOU
The whole Hong Kong
Section is in tunnels (of

FOSHAN
which 10 km is under

HUIZHOU sea)
[subject to further study to

DONGGUAN

PANYU be completed shortly]

SHENZHEN
INDICATIVE ALIGNMENT OF THE HONG KONG- AIRPORT
SHENZHEN WESTERN EXPRESS LINE
SHENZHEN

QIANHAI

HONG KONG
HUNG

SHUI KIU
ZHUHAI

HONG KONG
AIRPORT

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 Lok Ma Chau Loop

Shenzhen

Hong Kong

An area of about 84 hectares

Planned for higher education as leading land use
With some elements of high-tech research and
development and creative industries
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 South Island Line (East)

Construction : 2011 - 2015

7 km long railway
Estimated cost: 0.8 B (HK$10 B)

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 Shatin to Central Link
Tseun Wan

Tai Wai
Hin Keng

Diamond Hill

Kowloon Kai Tak

To Kwa Wan

Construction: 2010 2019 Ma Tau Wai Tseung

Kwan O
17 km railway Ho Man Tin

Estimated cost: 5 B
Hung Hom
(HK$60 B) appr.

Exhibition

Hong Kong Island

Admiralty
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 Tuen Mun-Chep Lap Kok Link and
Tuen Mun Western Bypass

Construction: 2011 -
2016

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Yuen Long carriageway and tunnels
Lam Tei Highway

Tuen Mun Estimated cost: 1.7 B

Route 3
North
TMWB
(HK$20 B)

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Link Road No
Tung Chung New Town
San Shek Wan Tunnel
Lantau
Bridge

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 West Kowloon Cultural District

http://www.wkcdauthority.hk Rocco Design

Foster + Partners
Construction (Phase 1):
http://www.wkcdauthority.hk To be completed by
2014 15
Arts and cultural
facilities
Endowment fund of
1.8 B (HK$21.6 B)
16 OMA
http://www.wkcdauthority.hk
 Kai Tak Development

Kai Tak River

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Preserving Lun Tsun

Stone Bridge Remains
3 Disused old
airport site - over
4 320 ha
Cruise Terminal Construction: 1st
berth of Cruise
5 Terminal to be in
operation by 2013
Estimated Cost:
8.3 B (HK$100 B)

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 New Development Areas

Planning and engineering study in progress for

completion by end 2010
First population intake scheduled for 2019/2020
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 Infrastructures to
create a Quality City

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 (1) Furthering Slope Safety
1977 introduced Landslip
Preventive Measures Programme
Upgraded 7,000 man-made
slopes in 33 years
2010 onwards Landslip
Prevention and Mitigation
Programme to address natural
hillsides
Annual expenditure : 50M
(HK$600M)

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 (2) Upgrading Waterwork Infrastructure

Water treatment plant

Replacement and Rehabilitation

of Watermains
4 stages of replacement started in
2000 for completion in 2015
Total length of water pipes : 3,000km
Total cost : 1.9 B (HK$22.8 B)

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 (3) Preventing Flooding
About 1 B
Hong Kong West
(HK$12.2 B) Drainage Tunnel
worth of
projects under
design or
construction

Drainage improvement
work at Kam Tin

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 (4) Regenerating Old Urban Areas

Urban Renewal Review

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 (5) Assuring Building Safety

Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme and Mandatory

Window Inspection Scheme
Operation Building Bright Scheme at 0.2B (HK$2.5B) to
tackle 1 000 dilapidated buildings
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 (6) Optimising Use of Industrial Buildings
Old Air Cargo Terminal

Electrical and Mechanical Services

Department Headquarters

Speed up redevelopment and conversion of industrial buildings

About 1,400 buildings - total gross floor area 17 million m2 appr.

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 (7) Promoting Green Buildings

Legislatio Carbon Audit Building Energy Codes

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Photovoltaic panels Sun shades Green roof

Establishment of Hong Kong Green Building Council in Nov. 2009

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Professional platform to promote green buildings
 (8) Facilitating Low Carbon Living
Greening Master Plan
Defines greening framework
of an area and provides a
guide to the planning, design
and implementation of
greening work

Cycle Track Network

About 110 km
Completion from 2012 onwards
Estimated cost: 0.3 B (HK$3.6 B)

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 (9) Enhancing Lift Safety and Tree Safety

Lift Tree
Safety Safety

http://www.hku.hk/cpao/ourtree.html

http://www.leca.org.hk/uploads

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 (10) Conserving Hong Kongs Heritage
(i) Revitalization of Historic Buildings : Adaptive Re-use

Old Tai O Police Station Tai O Heritage Hotel

Former Magistracy Campus for Savannah College of Art and Design

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 (10) Conserving Hong Kongs Heritage
(ii) Conserving Central

Central in 1950

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 (10) Conserving Hong Kongs Heritage
(iii) Conserving Central (contd)

Former Police Married Quarters Creative industries landmark

Former Central Market

Urban Oasis

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 (10) Conserving Hong Kongs Heritage
(iv) Conserving Central (contd)
Central Government Offices Murray Building
West Wing

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 Expenditure of Capital Works Projects
With many projects entering their
construction peaks, the capital works
expenditure for each of the next few years
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will be at an all-time high of over HK$ 50
billion (4.18 billion).
Para 56 of 2010-11 Budget Speech
Government Expenditure on the Capital Works Programme (HK$ billion)

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 Hong Kong is proud of her :

Level playing field

Open and transparent system
Business-friendly environment
Emphasis on quality and innovation

We welcome you to partner with us in this

New Era of infrastructure development !

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