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Planning and Design Study on the Redevelopment

of Government Sites at Sai Yee Street and Mong

Kok East Station – Feasibility Study

Background

Mong Kok is well-known for its active retail choices, vibrant street life and high-density urban
living. Given its long history of development, the district is also subject to issues like congested

streets and built environment, inefficient pedestrian linkages and insufficient public open space
(POS). A piece of sizable government land (about 1.18 hectares) (the Site) located in Mong Kok
East at the junction of Sai Yee Street and Argyle Street presents a rare solution space to address these
issues in this locality and providing the much needed social and community facilities through well-

planned redevelopment. The Site was originally occupied by the Food and Environmental Hygiene
Department (FEHD) depot and Water Supplies Department (WSD) compound (Figures 1 and 2).

Figure 1 – The Site

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