Ventilation concerns spark harbourfront plan opposition
The Planning Department is opposing a residential development led by Henderson Land on the Yau Tong harbourfront, due to its excessive density. The development, which the Town Planning Board will discuss on Friday, does away with reclamation, and reduces the gross floor area by one-third from the original proposal, which suggested reclaiming 9 hectares from the harbour to build 21 residential towers of 36 to 57 storeys. This was rejected. Under the new plan, 13 towers of 31 to 48 storeys would be built. In a paper submitted to the board, the Planning Department said the scale might hamper air ventilation, and that the proposed overall plot ratio of 5.5 exceeded the permitted plot ratio of four.