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strategic growth areas, the Tsuen Wan Bay Further Reclamation will accommodate 30 000 people by 2011.
Major highway projects will further extend and reinforce the main road network. The Duplicate Tsing Yi South Bridge is under construction for completion in mid- 1999. Construction of a flyover across Castle Peak Road connecting Tsuen King Circuit and Sha Tsui Road started in mid-1997 for completion in early 2000. The proposed KCRC West Rail will have one station in Tsuen Wan West.
Additional community facilities are under construction, including Kwai Tsing Theatre, which will provide an auditorium and auxiliary facilities.
Sha Tin
Sha Tin new town is already home for about 600 000 people, approximately 68 per cent of whom live in public housing developments which comprise 15 public rental estates and 22 home ownership and private sector participation schemes. The new town covering an overall development area of about 2 000 hectares will house about 640 000 people by 2001.
Since 1981, development works have been extended to Ma On Shan. Work on the last section of the primary road link to Ma On Shan Town Centre is scheduled for completion in 2000. Three public housing estates/Home Ownership Scheme projects are under construction. The construction of Trunk Road T7, which will bypass the Town Centre, is planned to start in 2000. Upon full development, Ma On Shan will house more than 200 000 people.
A programme to improve conditions in the old villages in and around Sha Tin continues. The extension of Sha Tin Tau Village started in 1995 and was completed in mid-1996. Servicing and minor formation works are being carried out for villages at Ngau Pei Sha, Chap Wai Kon and To Shek.
Tuen Mun
Tuen Mun, in the West New Territories, is developed mainly on land reclaimed from Castle Peak Bay and on platforms formed in the valley between Castle Peak and the Tai Lam Hills. About 1 200 hectares of land have been provided for development. About 70 per cent of the town's 446 000 people live in public housing developments, which comprise 11 public rental estates, 16 home ownership and private sector participation schemes and one temporary housing area. Within the next five years, four more home ownership and private sector participation schemes, one public rental estate and one Vertical Interim Housing will be developed to provide new accommodation for 75 000 people. Upon full development, the new town will provide homes for about 540 000 people.
The proposed West Rail by the KCRC will have two stations in Tuen Mun New Town, each with its own public transport interchange facilities. Residential and commercial components are also proposed above the future Tuen Mun Centre Station. The West Rail provides a convenient mass transport facility to connect this new town with the metro area.
In western Tuen Mun, a 73-hectare site is earmarked for Hong Kong's fourth industrial estate and a 79-hectare site is being developed by the private sector as a River Trade Terminal. Reclamation works for the industrial estate began in