The plan calls for a multi-purpose sports complex, a metro park, the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, a hotel, a housing estate, and commercial and entertainment construction projects over an area of more than 328 hectares (810 acres).

The total gross floor area is over 14,400,000 square feet (1,340,000 m2) with over 110 hectares (270 acres) of open space.

The Hong Kong colonial government commissioned the "Study on Harbour Reclamations and Urban Growth" (海港填海及市區發展研究) in October 1983.

The proposed development included two MTR connections, with Diamond Hill and Kwun Tong.

It was also the first plan to propose leisure facilities, such as a multi-purpose sports complex and aviation museum.

[4] The study re-designated the Kai Tak Development as an "Environmentally Friendly City".

The MTR-centric strategy continued in the study, with the new Environmentally Friendly Linkage System proposal.

Major development projects included the MTR Sha Tin to Central Link depot on the original airport site, a multi-use stadium, a metro park, the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal with helicopter landing site at the end of former runway, and the Central Kowloon Route.

A new road: Trunk Road T2, paralleling the Kwun Tong Bypass, will be built within the development area, allowing traffic to go directly to Tseung Kwan O through the Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel.

However, on 27 February 2003, the non-government organisation Society for Protection of the Harbour applied for Judicial Review against the Town Planning Board.

The Society believed that the Wan Chai Development Phase II would violate the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance.

In order to satisfy the three tests, the new Harbour-front Enhancement Committee was established for consultation on the reclamation in Wan Chai and Kai Tak.