The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) today briefed the Central and Western District Council on the latest progress of the Central Police Station Revitalisation (CPS) Project. The CPS project received an Environmental Permit (EP) under the Environmental Impact Assessment process on 18 April this year. Planning permission from the Town Planning Board (TPB) was also granted on 6 May. The EP included a requirement for the HKJC to conduct an archaeological investigation of the site. Similarly, the TPB planning permission also contained a condition that an archaeological investigation report is to be submitted to the satisfaction of the Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) or of the TPB.
The HKJC has commissioned a consultancy to conduct a comprehensive archaeological investigation of the site, which have been supervised by archaeological experts and is carried out in close liaison and consultation with the AMO.
The archaeological investigations are nearing completion and the full report is expected to be released to the public within the next few months.
With all necessary statutory approvals obtained, works to revitalize the CPS site including urgently needed preservation of the 16 important heritage buildings will commence as planned in early 2012 for completion in late 2014. If important archaeological relics were subsequently discovered during construction, HKJC is required to notify and provide detailed reports to the AMO and mitigation measures must be proposed for AMO’s approval.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Founded in 1884, The Hong Kong Jockey Club has become one of Hong Kong's best known and respected organisations, providing the public with world-class sporting entertainment as well as being the city's major non-Government community benefactor, now donating more than HK$1 billion a year to charitable and community projects. It has been a part of Hong Kong through good times and bad, sharing the city's growth and development with its people, and is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for future generations.
