Less commercial space, more public facilities and greenery, Hong Kong district councillor urges for Causeway Bay redevelopment site
- Plot on Caroline Hill Road designated under government plan to incorporate new District Court and commercial zones, but critics are pushing for a less ‘conservative’ idea
A major redevelopment project near Hong Kong’s shopping hub of Causeway Bay should have at least a third of its commercial area slashed to make way for public facilities and greenery, a district councillor has said.
On Wednesday, Yolanda Ng Yuen-ting said: “The site on Caroline Hill Road is like a back garden of Causeway Bay, one of the most crowded and busiest districts in the city. We hope the redevelopment plan will take into account residents’ needs.”
Under a government plan, a 286,140 sq ft site currently occupied by the old headquarters of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department would be converted into two commercial blocks, with the District Court in Wan Chai relocated to the plot.
The move was in response to Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s proposal to build a new court complex on Caroline Hill Road in 2017.
Earlier this year, the plan was rejected by the Wan Chai District Council, which requested that authorities include more public facilities.
