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Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (Cap. 499), Section 5 (7) Environmental Impact Assessment Study Brief No. ESB-039 /1999 Project Title : Comprehensive Feasibility Study for the Revised Scheme of South East Kowloon Development Name of Applicant: Kowloon Development Office, Territory Development Department (hereinafter known as the Applicant) 1. BACKGROUND 1.1 The gazettal of draft Outline Zoning Plans (OZPs) for the proposed South East Kowloon Development (SEKD) on 4 September 1998 attracted a large amount of public comments and concerns. As a result of a series of public consultations conducted since the draft OZP gazettal, a revised scheme of SEKD has been prepared to incorporate the main views expressed by the public. Based on the new layout, a comprehensive feasibility study will be carried out to evaluate the revised scheme of SEKD. 1.2 An application (No. ESB-039/1999) for an EIA study brief under section 5(1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) was submitted by the captioned Applicant on 12th?August 1999 with a Project Profile (No. PP-058/1999) on the captioned project. 1.3 The Applicant proposes to conduct a feasibility study for the revised scheme of SEKD. The New Development Area under the revised scheme of SEKD covers about 540 hectares in total, including: (i) about 280 ha. of disused Kai Tak Airport apron and runway; (ii) about 80 ha. of reclamation in Kowloon Bay; (iii) about 80 ha. of reclamation in Kai Tak Approach Channel/Kwun Tong Typhoon Shelter; and (iv) about 100 ha. of other areas, e.g. proposed new typhoon shelter. 1.4 The proposed developments in the revised scheme of SEKD are shown in the Outline Concept Plan attached to the Project Profile and shown in Appendix I attached. 1.5 The project falls within Item 1 in Schedule 3 of the EIAO and is a major designated project (DP) requiring an environmental impact assessment report to be approved under th