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South China Morning Post
19-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
11 government departments, private owners must agree for Hong Kong waterfront development
The proposed transformation of an old Hong Kong neighbourhood into a world-class waterfront in the style of Australia's Darling Harbour will require major cooperation among at least 11 government departments and agreement from private owners, officials have said. Advertisement The 798-hectare (1,972-acre) project was announced by Urban Renewal Authority managing director Wai Chi-sing on Sunday , with a study to explore developing To Kwa Wan in Kowloon and its surrounding waters into a top notch destination. 'The real challenge is the implementation, because the proposal actually involves [cooperation among] quite different departments and policy bureaus,' Harbourfront Commission chairman Ivan Ho Man-yiu said on Monday. 'It is important to reach a consensus inside the government,' he added, citing Kai Tak Sports Park, the Marine Department, Civil Engineering and Development Department, Transport Department and Environmental Protection Department. Ho said that Kai Tak Sports Park should also be considered one of the project's stakeholders, as any events at To Kwa Wan's typhoon shelter could impact the sports facility's operations. All proposed activities on the water body in the typhoon shelter, such as converting barges into floating restaurants, would have to be approved by the Marine Department, he explained.
South China Morning Post
18-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong's To Kwa Wan to be transformed into ‘world-class' cove for dining, concerts
Transforming idle barges into restaurants, concert venues and swimming pools are among ideas Hong Kong's Urban Renewal Authority has floated to develop an old residential area in the city into a world-class cove area in the style of Sydney's Darling Harbour. The authority's managing director Wai Chi-sing said on Sunday that its consultant was studying suggestions on developing To Kwa Wan, an old district in Kowloon along Victoria Harbour, and its vicinity, into a 'Victoria Cove Area'. A preliminary study of the harbourfront development would be ready in the latter half of the year, he said. Wai said the study, which covered about 800 hectares (1,977 acres) of land and water, would take reference from Darling Harbour in Sydney and Aker Brygge in Oslo. The former Australian working port and old Norwegian shipyard had been revitalised into retail, entertainment and tourism facilities. Hong Kong's version would 'explore repurposing some idle barges to offer catering services, host outdoor music shows, display distinctive light installation art or turn them into swimming pools or floating beaches,' Wai wrote of the study in his blog post.
