Victoria Harbour

The Hong Kong government is undertaking a reclamation project in Victoria Harbour.

The proposed reclamation extends along the waterfront from Sheung Wan to Causeway Bay. The broad objectives of the project include :

1. to provide land for the Hong Kong Station of the Airport Railway and the extended overrun tunnel of the Airport Railway;
2. to provide land for Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link;
3. to provide land for the future Shatin to Central Link;
4. to provide land for the future North Hong Kong Island Line;
5. to provide land for the construction of a world class waterfront promenade;
6. to improve the environment of adjoining crowded districts by providing additional open space on the new reclamation; and
7. to integrate the development with the existing area.

After completion of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation Feasibility Study in 1989, the Land Development Policy Committee endorsed a concept for gradual implementation of the reclamation. The reclamation consists of three district development cells separated by parks, namely, Central, Tamar and Exhibition.