ABOUT 2,000 households would be moved out of Mongkok under a redevelopment plan to turn the district into a modern commercial zone.
Mongkok District Officer Mr Bart Ireland revealed that the Land Development Corporation had consulted his office on a major redevelopment project along Reclamation Street, Shanghai Street and Portland Street.
The total area of 1.59 hectares, currently occupied by private residential buildings, would be turned into a modern complex featuring three 20-storey commercial buildings.
If approved, work on the project would start in 1995 and be finished by 1999.
In addition to the commercial buildings, the complex could provide 1,100 square metres of open space, including a playground, rockery, pavilion and ponds.
And with new land available from the West Kowloon Reclamation, Mr Ireland said he hoped the changes would improve the district's image.