A government site located at Tseung Kwan O's city centre could accommodate government offices relocated from the Wan Chai waterfront, a government source said yesterday. He said such a move would be convenient for the public and civil servants.
Planners and surveyors said moving government offices from the business centre was not the only solution to provide new sites for grade A office buildings. They urged the government to provide incentives for redeveloping old sites in central business districts.
The area designated for future government offices - named Area 67 - is on Po Yap Road, opposite the Park Central residential estate and the Tseung Kwan O MTR station.
The site is currently zoned as residential development but will be rezoned to government use under a new plan prepared by the Civil Engineering and Development Department. The changes will be incorporated into the current outline of the zoning plan, which is expected to be gazetted in the next two months, the source said.
Apart from the Tseung Kwan O site, it is also known that a site between San Po Kong and the future Kai Tak Station will be designated for the relocated government offices.
'Offices in Wan Chai might not be shifted to Kai Tak and Tseung Kwan O directly. They could be swapped with other government offices which are more suitable for working in remote areas,' the source said.