Wong Chuk Hang (Site B2)When compared with the 2009 Area Assessments, a vacant site of ex-Aberdeen Fire Station involving 0.3 ha was rezoned from “G/IC” to “OU(B)” in July

* Conversion factor from internal floor area to gross floor area is 1.3333. Wong Chuk Hang “OU(B)” Area 1

(Site B2) Wong Chuk Hang

Area (Plan B2) :

“OU(B)” Zone (in ha) (about)

2009 2014 Difference ^ 8.3 8.6 +0.3@

No. of Private Industrial Buildings :

2009 2014 Difference ^ Occupied 44 40 -4 Wholly vacant 2 - -2 Under renovation - 1 +1 Total 46 41 -5

Other Building(s)/Site(s) : 2009 2014 Difference ^ Private Commercial/Office - 3 +3 Hotel 1 1 - Telephone exchange 1 1 - Electricity substation 2 2 - Temporary use 2 - -2 Works in progress 2 6 +4 Vacant site 1 1 - Government Sitting-out area 1 1 - Public toilet 1 1 - Bus depot 1 1 -

Vacant site - @ 1 +1 ^ Survey undertaken in May 2014. @ Involving a vacant site of ex-Aberdeen Fire Station rezoned

from “G/IC” in July 2013 for sale in 2014/15.

Details of Private Industrial Buildings

Total No. of Private Industrial Buildings : 41 Total No. of Units Involved : 2,451 Total GFA* Involved (about) : 649,515m

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No. of Sample Units Surveyed : 1,768 (72.2%) Total GFA* Involved (about) : 536,776m2

(82.6%)

No. of Buildings

Occupied Wholly vacant Under

renovation Total

No. of Storeys 1 - 7 storeys - - - - 8 - 19 storeys 19 - - 19 20 storeys or above 21 - 1 22 Land Ownership (as at end June 2014) Single 13 - 1 14 Multiple 27 - - 27


Building Age (as at end March 2014) < 15 years - - - - 15 – 29 years 4 - - 4 30 years or above 36 - 1 37 Building Condition Good 1 - - 1 Fair 38 - 1 39 Poor 1 - - 1

Surrounding Land Uses : Recreation grounds, commercial development, government, institution

and community uses (including schools, police station and electricity sub-station), nullah, construction sites of South Island (East) Line, open spaces, petrol filling stations and hill slopes.

Vacancy Rate (based on GFA*) PlanD’s Area Assessments

“OU(B)” Zone 2009 Area Assessments Survey in 2013-14 Territorial 8.4% 6.0% Hong Kong Island 9.1% 4.3% Wong Chuk Hang 11.6% 4.1%#

# Survey undertaken in May 2014. Derived from R&VD’s Raw Data

“OU(B)” Zone 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Territorial 5.9% 5.3% 5.5% 5.6% 4.8% 5.5% Hong Kong Island 5.1% 5.7% 6.1% 5.6% 5.7% 5.9% Wong Chuk Hang 7.3% 6.9% 7.3% 6.7% 6.9% 8.2%

Take-up (derived from R&VD’s raw data and based on BD’s Monthly Digests)

“OU(B)” Zone 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Territorial (m2 -166,430 )* 4,831 225,015 -87,256 53,699 -85,817 Hong Kong Island (m2 4,812 )* -18,617 21,600 7,072 -30,809 -13,921 Wong Chuk Hang (m2 1,768 )* -7,498 12,534 4,525 -31,120 -20,583

Subdivision of Units

Types of Units Units GFA* No. % m % 2

Non-subdivided Units 2,400 97.9 627,026 96.5 Subdivided Units# 51 2.1 22,489 3.5 Total 2,451 649,515

# Among the 51 subdivided units, 46 units (about 90.2%) were divided into two to five subunits each, involving a total GFA of about 19,361m2 (about 86.1%). Two units (about 3.9%) were divided into six to ten subunits each, involving a total GFA of about 1,543m2 (about 6.9%). Two units (about 3.9%) were divided into 16 to 20 subunits each, involving a total GFA of about 1,036m2 (about 4.6%). The remaining one unit (about 2.0%) was divided into 25 subunits, involving a total GFA of about 549m2 (about 2.4%).


Predominant Uses 2009 2014^

GFA* (m2 % ) GFA* (m2 % ) Manufacturing/Workshop 105,262 15.0 70,100 10.8 Warehouse/Storage 291,690 41.6 288,094 44.4 Office 109,709 15.6 106,136 16.3 Others 15,147 # 2.2 48,927 7.5 Vacant 81,419 11.6 26,641 4.1 Under Renovation 7,267 1.0 22,028 3.4 Non-response 91,229 13.0 87,589 13.5 Total 701,722 649,515

^ Survey undertaken in May 2014. # The other uses identified in the 2014 survey were mainly hotel use (wholesale conversion of one

industrial building), data centre and shops and services, taking up about 2.7%, 1.9% and 0.8% of the GFA respectively.

Business Nature and No. of Workers in Occupied Non-subdivided Units

Business Nature Occupied Non-subdivided Units

GFA* No. of Workers

No. % m % 2 No. % Manufacturing 350 # 18.1 55,857 11.3 2,409 18.7 Non-manufacturing 1,585 ^ 81.9 437,525 88.7 10,506 81.3 Total 1,935 493,382 12,915

# The largest manufacturing business is printing and reproduction of recorded media (in terms of both number of units and GFA) (based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 2.0 adopted by the Census and Statistics Department).

^ The largest non-manufacturing business is import/export, wholesale and retail trades (in terms of both number of units and GFA) (based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 2.0 adopted by the Census and Statistics Department).

Area Assessment

The area (about 8.6 ha) mainly involves 41 private industrial buildings, three newly completed commercial/office buildings and one hotel development. It is bounded by hill slopes to the north, several government, institution and community facilities and open space to the east, south and west. Besides, it is in close proximity to the future Wong Chuk Hang Station of MTR South Island Line (East) to be completed in 2016 (Plan B2c). When compared with the 2009 Area Assessments, a vacant site of ex-Aberdeen Fire Station involving 0.3 ha was rezoned from “G/IC” to “OU(B)” in July 2013, while the total industrial stock has decreased by about 7.1% from about 0.70 million m2 to about 0.65 million m2

GFA due to the demolition of five industrial buildings.

As regards the 41 industrial buildings, 37 of them are 30 years old or above, while the remaining four are 15-29 year old. In terms of height, 22 buildings are 20 storeys or above and the remaining 19 are 8-19 storeys. In terms of condition, 39 buildings are in fair condition, while one each is in good and poor condition. In terms of ownership, 27 buildings are under multiple ownership, while the remaining 14 are under single ownership.


The updated overall vacancy of the area is about 4.1%, which is significantly lower than the 11.6% identified in 2009. Such vacancy is also relatively lower than the territorial figure of 6.0% for all “OU(B)” areas and comparable with the average of 4.3% for the four areas on Hong Kong Island. About 2.1% of the units were divided into subunits, involving about 3.5% of the GFA. In terms of usage, Warehouse/Storage is still the largest user, taking up about 44.4% of the GFA which is slightly higher than the 41.6% in 2009. Office is still the second largest user, occupying about 16.3% of the GFA which is comparable with the 15.6% in 2009. Manufacturing/Workshop is the third largest user, occupying about 10.8% of the GFA which is significantly lower than the 15.0% in 2009. The GFA for “Other Uses” has increased by more than three times from about 2.2% in 2009 to about 7.5% in 2014. The major types of uses include the wholesale conversion of one building for hotel use under revitalisation measures, data centre and shop and services, all of which constitute about 5.4% of the GFA. In terms of employment, about 12,915 workers are estimated to be engaged in the occupied non-subdivided units of the industrial buildings in the area, including about 2,409 workers (18.7%) in the manufacturing business and about 10,506 workers (81.3%) in the non-manufacturing business. The overall figure accounts for about 23.0% of the total of 56,174 persons engaged (other than those in the civil service) in various business/industries in the Southern District identified by C&SD in June 2014. Since the completion of the 2009 Area Assessments, the following new development/redevelopment/wholesale conversion projects have been identified in the area (Plan B2): (a) three new commercial/office developments completed at 19-21 Wong Chuk Hang

Road, and 2 and 38 Heung Yip Road; (b) two sites under works in progress for new commercial/office developments at 50

Wong Chuk Hang Road and 41 Heung Yip Road; (c) three sites under works in progress with building plan approvals for new

commercial/hotel developments at 34 and 38 Wong Chuk Hang Road, and 43 Heung Yip Road;

(d) one site under works in progress with building plan approval for a new industrial building at 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road;

(e) four sites with building plan approvals for redevelopment of the existing industrial buildings at 23 and 39-43 Wong Chuk Hang Road, and 1 and 12 Yip Fat Street into new commercial/hotel developments;

(f) two sites approved for wholesale conversion of the existing industrial buildings at 33-35 Wong Chuk Hang Road (for commercial/office uses) and 64 Wong Chuk Hang Road (for hotel use) under revitalisation measures with related special waivers executed; and

(g) four sites with planning approvals for redevelopment of the existing industrial buildings at 43 Heung Yip Road, 39, 41-43, 64 Wong Chuk Hang Road for hotel use.

Given the above, in particular the signs of transformation as shown in the above new development/redevelopment/wholesale conversion projects, the low and decreasing vacancy rate of the existing industrial buildings, and their increasing percentage of GFA for


non-industrial use (about 23.8% for Office and “Other Uses” in total as compared with 17.8% in 2009), it is considered that the area could be retained as “OU(B)” to continue facilitating the land use restructuring.

Recommendation

To retain the area as “OU(B)”.

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Plan B2Plan No.

PLANNING DEPARTMENT

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Wong Chuk Hang

Industrial/Office

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Under Renovation

Vacant Land

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Land Use Pattern

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M/HOLS/15/27

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Record of Application as at 31.3.2014

Special Wavier Executed for Wholesale Conversion (as at 4.2014)

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Proposed Developments with Building Plans Approved (as at 4.2014)

*OZP No. S/H15/29

Source : R&V Dept. and PlanD’s Survey (as at 5.2014)

3.8.2015

A/H15/199 (7.11.03)

for Hotel

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A/H15/235 (27.3.09)

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A/H15/205 (21.10.05)

for Hotel

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A/H15/222 (2.2.07)

A/H15/197 (29.8.03)

for Hotel

A/H15/220 (2.2.07)

for Hotel

A/H15/201-1 (2.5.06)

A/H15/201 (5.12.03)

A/H15/201-2 (5.12.07)

A/H15/201-3 (5.12.07)

A/H15/200 (7.11.03)

A/H15/200-1 (23.10.07)

A/H15/211 (24.6.05)

A/H15/221 (22.5.07)

for Relaxation of Building Height

A/H15/207 (17.12.04)

for Hotel

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Z/H15/7 (1.9.06)

A/H15/191 (16.5.03)

A/H15/190 (17.1.03)

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A/H15/217 (2.2.07)

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A/H15/210 (15.4.05)

A/H15/204 (10.9.04)

A/H15/245 (22.7.11)

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Y/H15/4 (1.8.08)

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A/H15/258 (6.9.13)

Approved Application (date of meeting)A/H15/196 (29.8.03)

Rejected Application (date of meeting)A/H15/221 (22.5.07)

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A/H15/216 (2.2.07)

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Plan B2aPlan No.

PLANNING DEPARTMENT

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Survey Sheets No. 11-SW-24A, 24B, 24C, 24D, 15-NW-4A and 4B

Wong Chuk Hang

Source : Land Ownership recorded from Land Registry (as at 6.2014)

21.7.2015

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Building Age, Number of Storeys and Building Conditions

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Source : Survey Sheets No. 11-SW-24A, 24B, 24C, 24D, 15-NW-4A and 4B

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LEGEND

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Documents

Wong Chuk Hang (Site B2)When compared with the 2009 Area Assessments, a vacant site of ex-Aberdeen Fire Station involving 0.3 ha was rezoned from “G/IC” to “OU(B)” in July