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Hotel developers object to bypass tunnel proposal

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A company in partnership with Li Ka-shing's flagship Cheung Kong (Holdings) in a proposed North Point hotel has complained that the project would be adversely affected by the tunnel proposed for the Central-Wan Chai bypass.

Fook Lee Holdings said the tunnel would end outside the site in King Wah Road in North Point, where Fook Lee and Cheung Kong have proposed since 2005 to build a hotel.

In a submission to the Town Planning Board, the company said a flyover, which would require less reclamation and have less impact on its site, would be a better option.

The tunnel option, favoured by the government, would require 15 hectares of reclamation while the flyover would need only 11.5 hectares, the company pointed out.

From this week, the board is hearing objections to the outline zoning plans for North Point and Wan Chai North. Both plans were amended because of the construction of the Central-Wan Chai bypass, which runs from Central to the Island Eastern Corridor at North Point.

Fook Lee Holdings is among 10 objectors to the North Point plan while there have been 700 objections to the Wan Chai North plan.

In its submission, Fook Lee said the flyover option would require only 11.5 hectares of reclamation if the 'flyover structure over water' was not treated as reclamation.

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