11 government departments, private owners must agree for Hong Kong waterfront development
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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.
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