Kai Tak Airport Hong Kong

Question

What happened to the site of the old HK airport since it moved to Chep Lap Kok ?

Answer 1

In October 1998, the Government drafted a new plan for the old Kai Tak Airport site, involving a reclamation of 219 hectares. After it received a large number of objections, the Government scaled down the reclamation to 166 hectares in June 1999. The Territorial Development Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government conducted a new study on the development of the area, entitled "Feasibility Studies on the Revised Southeast Kowloon Development Plan" which commenced in November 1999, and a new public consultation exercise was conducted in May 2000, land reclamation was further scaled down to 133 hectares. The new plans based on the feasibility studies was passed by the Chief Executive in July 2002. There were plans for the site of Kai Tak to be used for housing development, which was once projected to house around 240,000-340,000 residents. Due to calls from the public to protect the harbour and participate more deeply in future town planning, the scale and plan of the project are yet to be decided. There will also be a railway station and maintenance centre in the proposed plan for the Shatin to Central Link.

There were also proposals to dredge the runway to form several islands for housing, to build a terminal capable of accommodating cruise ships the size of the Queen Mary 2, and more recently, to house the Hong Kong Sports Institute, as well as several stadia, in the case that the institute is forced to move so that the equestrian events of the 2008 Summer Olympics may be held at its present site in Sha Tin.

On January 9, 2004 the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong ruled that no reclamation plan for Victoria Harbour could be introduced unless it passed an "overriding public interest" test. Subsequently, the Government abandoned the plans proposed in July 2002.

Kai Tak Planning Review

The Government set up a "Kai Tak Planning Review" in July 2004 for further public consultation. A number of blueprints have been presented.

June 2006 blueprint

A blueprint for the redevelopment of Kai Tak was issued by the government in June 2006. Under these proposals hotels would be scattered throughout the 328-hectare site, and flats aimed at housing 86,000 new residents were proposed.

Other features of the plan include :

-two planned cruise terminals

-a giant stadium

October 2006 blueprint

The Planning Department unveiled a major reworking of its plans for the old Kai Tak airport site on October 17, 2006, containing "a basket of small measures designed to answer a bevy of concerns raised by the public". The revised blueprint will also extend several "green corridors" from the main central park into the surrounding neighbourhoods of Kowloon City, Kowloon Bay and Ma Tau Kok.

Included in the revised plan, the following features are proposed

two planned cruise terminals, and a third terminal could be added if the need arises

a luxury hotel complex near the cruise terminals. The complex would be about seven stories, and with hotel rooms above and tourist-related or commercial space below.

an eight-station monorail linking the tourist hub with Kwun Tong

a giant stadium

a "central park" to provide much-needed greenery

a 200-metre high public "viewing tower" near the tip of the runway.

a new bridge likely to involve further reclamation of Victoria Harbour.

the following are major changes

The hotel spaces are to be centralized near the end of the runway, and will face out into the harbour towards Central

A third terminal could be added at the foot of the hotel cluster if the need arises

A second row of luxury residential spaces which face Kwun Tong, and will be placed on an elevated terrace or platform to preserve a view of the harbour.

The government has promised that :

total amount of housing and hotel space would remain the same as proposed in June 2006,

the plot ratios would also be the same levels as before.

Total commercial space on the site will also remain about the same

A new bridge at the end of the runway joining the hotel district with Kwun Tong proposed by the government could be a potential source of controversy. Under the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance, no harbour reclamation can take place unless the Government can demonstrate to the courts that there is an "overriding public need" for it.

The new Kai Tak blueprint was presented to the Legislative Council on October 24, 2006 after review by the Town Planning Board.

- Last year I saw an ad as well as heard they have a go-kart place out there.

Answer 2

Nothing yet it is still under discussion

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Answer 3

Maybe the link below will answer your question:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Tak_Air...