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...ever-narrowing harbor, and the reclaimed land has frequently been used for roads and bus terminals rather than for parks or restaurants. "Hong Kong has a magnificent harbor," says Christine Loh, head of Civic Exchange, a Hong Kong think tank. "But actually it's pretty awful at the waterfront...
...city now has its best chance for decades to put that right. The site of the planned government headquarters?4 hectares reclaimed from what was once HMS Tamar, a British Royal Navy base?will adjoin 18 hectares of Central waterfront now being filled in. Two other major harborfront sites?40 hectares in West Kowloon slated for a cultural center and the former Kai Tak airport?are now in planning stages. "These are three very important pieces in the jigsaw of the city," says Bosco Fung, Hong Kong's Director of Planning. "Once finished with these three, we will have...
...block a 26-hectare reclamation project in Wanchai, east of Central. "There is a very strong community call to stop all this continuing infilling of the harbor, which I think is totally valid," says Fung. "But still I think we need to finish it up and build the best waterfront...
...when it reintroduced them last fall, it met strong opposition. But Tsang has pushed the plan aggressively. In March, he met with representatives of the Harbour Business Forum, a coalition of prominent corporate leaders who had issued a detailed report outlining problems with current government plans for the Central waterfront, and "gave them a bit of a dressing down," according to a person familiar with the meeting. Since then the group has been more muted on the harbor, and two political parties that had raised questions about the plan eventually agreed to go along...
...tussle over Tamar is just a prelude to planning the other undeveloped sites. Last month the government issued a model for the Central waterfront that got some grudging praise from opponents. "It's moving on, which is good," says Markus Shaw, chairman of WWF Hong Kong. But critics argue that the official scheme still won't bring in enough people to keep the waterfront lively. A group that includes Shaw, Loh and Zimmerman has developed an alternative design for the area, focusing on smaller buildings with a diversity of commercial offerings. They're calling the dueling designs "The Battle...