In October 1998, the Government drafted a plan for the Kai Tak Airport site, involving the reclamation of of land. After receiving many objections, the Government scaled down the reclamation to in June 1999. The Territorial Development Department commenced a new study on the development of the area in November 1999, entitled "Feasibility Studies on the Revised Southeast Kowloon Development Plan", and a new public consultation exercise was conducted in May 2000, resulting in the land reclamation being further scaled down to . The new plans based on the feasibility studies were passed by the chief executive in July 2002.