LC Paper No. CB(2)705/17-18(01)

Annex

Panel on Home Affairs A Follow-up to the Avenue Park at Kai Tak CB(2)1680/16-17(02)

(a) A site plan setting out more details of the sports facilities to be provided in the (KTD)

Key sports facilities to be provided or proposed to be provided in the KTD include:

Kai Tak Sports Park (Sports Park)

The Sports Park which occupies an area of around 28 hectares will house a multi-purpose Main Stadium with a seating capacity of 50 000, a Public Sports Ground with a seating capacity of 5 000 and an Indoor Sports Centre with a spectator capacity of up to 10 000. The Sports Park will also provide a number of outdoor ball courts and more than 8 hectares of park and open space.

Sports centre

The site located at the intersection (No. 1J3) between Shing Kai Road and Kai Tak River has been reserved for the development of a sports complex. Preliminary proposed facilities therein include general sports centre facilities and an indoor swimming pool.

Outdoor sports facilities

The proposed Avenue Park at Kai Tak will provide a basketball court, and the Station Square at Kai Tak will provide two lawn bowling greens and a cycling ground.

Cycle track

It is also proposed to provide a cycle track of about 13 kilometres long which will be mainly located in the open space of the KTD and will form part of the park and waterfront promenade. In September and October 2017, the Civil Engineering and Development Department, jointly with the Leisure and Cultural - 2 -

Services Department, consulted relevant District Councils, the Task Force on Kai Tak Harbourfront Development and relevant cycling organisations on the proposed alignment, ancillary facilities and management framework of the cycle track and received their general support.

Water sports venue

The Water Sports Council has applied for using a piece of land of the former runway under a short-term tenancy to develop a water sports centre for canoeing, rowing and dragon boating. The application is being handled.

The locations of the facilities mentioned above are shown in the Appendix.

(b) A list of the green features to be implemented in the Avenue Park at Kai Tak

Environmentally friendly / green features proposed for the Avenue Park include the following three types:

(i) Renewable energy technologies: solar-powered outdoor lighting and a photovoltaic system;

(ii) Green features: green measures adopted in toilets and on the rooftop of ancillary facilities blocks; and

(iii) Recycling features: a rainwater harvesting system for landscape irrigation.

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