This Project comprised a significant “package” of development proposals designed to revitalise Aberdeen Harbour as a major tourist destination within Hong Kong. It included four key development sites; each with a tourism component and all linked by a system of water taxis and pedestrian promenades. The development sites were designed to complement each other and include, interalia, residential, service apartment, hotel, private marina, Fisherman’s Wharf and community land use components to meet future needs in a sustainable manner. The Project required a multi-disciplinary approach including, interalia, land use planning, urban design, architecture, engineering, tourism/ economics, lands / implementation, heritage, transport/traffic and marine issues. The Project aim was to support a request for rezoning, as necessary, to establish a statutory planning framework to facilitate the development proposals.

TCL coordinated the planning, visual impact, tourism and heritage team and a number of key planning issues were addressed, such as visual impacts, zoning issues, coastal impacts and the need/demand for the developments. TCL coordinated the rezoning submission to the Town Planning Board and were also represented on the Strategy Team responsible for advising the Client and liaising with top Government Officials and Key Consultees.