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earmarked for a depot for Tseung Kwan O Mass Transit Railway and Composite Development Area. About 104 hectares of land south of Tseung Kwan O will be developed for deep waterfront industries and potentially hazardous installations. Reclamation work is progressing.
The population of the new town, 200 000 at the end of December 1998, will be up to 445 000 upon full development by 2011. The proposed extension of the MTR to Tseung Kwan O and the Western Coast Road will improve travel between the new town and the metro area.
Tin Shui Wai
Tin Shui Wai (about 430 hectares) has risen in the North-West New Territories over the past decade as Hong Kong's eighth new town. Built on land reclaimed from fish ponds in Deep Bay, the initial Development Zone (220 hectares) now houses about 150 000 people as an integrated, balanced community.
The rest of the reclaimed land (about 210 hectares) to the north, the Reserve Zone, has been identified for fast-pace development to meet Hong Kong's future housing demand. Site formation of the area was largely completed in mid-1998. Construction of the engineering infrastructure to service the proposed further development has followed in stages from July 1998. Building development has also begun on some of the formed sites. Under the current plan, the population of Tin Shui Wai is expected to increase progressively from late-1999 to reach about 340 000 people by the year 2003. They will live in a mixture of public and private housing flats, with ready access to all the goods and services they need in their daily lives.
Tin Shui Wai already has an excellent transportation network and a well-designed road system. These will be further expanded and improved for the residents in the coming years. The town is also served by the Light Rail Transit which will be extended to cover the Reserve Zone and to link with the proposed West Rail Station at Tin Fuk Road. The new town's links with other main urban areas have been greatly enhanced since the opening of Route 3 Country Park Section in May 1998.
Tung Chung/Tai Ho
Hong Kong's ninth new town now taking shape on the northern shore of Lantau Island is designed as a supporting community for the new airport at Chek Lap Kok. The new town is being developed on about 760 hectares of land to modern international standards, with residential, industrial and commercial developments and all the necessary supporting infrastructure. It is well connected by a high speed road link and Mass Transit Railway.
The two urban development areas, at Tung Chung and Tai Ho, will have a total target population of 320 000 by 2011. Tung Chung town centre is the retail, commercial and cultural core of the new development. At Siu Ho Wan, slightly to the east, land has been set aside for a sewage treatment works, a railway depot, a refuse transfer station and a water treatment works, with land set aside for future expansion.
The new town is being developed in phases. Phase 1 was included in the Airport Core Programme and was substantially completed in mid-1997 to accommodate about 20 000 residents at Tung Chung. Site formation and infrastructure works for Phase 2 are in progress and are scheduled for completion late in 2000. Work on