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Yuen Long
The population in Yuen Long Town stood at 130 000 at the end of the year and is expected to grow to 150 000 early in the next decade.
Development is spreading to the Tuen Mun-Yuen Long Corridor. The rural area is being rejuvenated and new infrastructure provided. The construction of new infrastructure at Hung Shui Kiu and Ping Shan areas is planned to be implemented in stages commencing in mid-1998 for completion in 2003.
Yuen Long development will be extended southward covering an area of about 12 hectares of land mainly for public housing development. Site förmation and infrastructure works will be implemented in phases commencing in early 1999 for completion by 2002.
Tseung Kwan O
The development of Tseung Kwan O new town, which started in 1982, is divided into three phases. Phase I has been substantially completed, with about 568 hectares of land formed. Engineering infrastructure has been provided to cater for private and public housing and associated community facilities.
Phase II which includes the reclamation and engineering infrastructure for the town centre northern area will be completed in early 2000. It will provide 96 hectares of land for commercial, residential, government, institutional and community uses.
Phase III for the reclamation of town centre south and the provision of land and services for the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate is in progress. An initial 30 hectares of serviced land was completed in March 1995. A further 65 hectares of serviced land were completed in 1997 for industrial development. The southern part of Siu Chik Sha is also being developed for industrial use.
In preparation for further industrial development, about 104 hectares of land south of Tseung Kwan O will be developed for deep waterfront industries and potentially hazardous installations. Reclamation work is in progress.
The population of the new town, 161 000 at the end of March 1997, will be more than 440 000 upon full development by 2010. A study commenced in August 1997 to examine the feasibility of extending the new town to accommodate a maximum population of 520 000. The proposed extension of the MTR to Tseung Kwan O and the Western Coast Road, both intended to improve the traffic of the new town with the metro area, are under study.
Tin Shui Wai
The development of Tin Shui Wai as Hong Kong's eighth new town began in 1987. About 450 hectares of land were reclaimed from fishponds.
The initial development of 169 hectares of land in the southern part of the reclaimed land (the Development Zone) has been substantially completed. The Development Zone's well-integrated layout, with public and private residential developments grouped around a Central Park, now provides homes for about 135 000 people.
An engineering investigation study on the further development of Tin Shui Wai was completed in March 1997. Site formation on the rest of the reclaimed land to the
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