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Planning, Land and infrastructure
Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to caverns progressed steadily towards the start of construction in the first quarter of 2019. A detailed investigation and design study on the planned relocation of the Diamond Hill Fresh Water and Salt Water service reservoirs to caverns began. After these facilities are shifted, a total of 32 hectares of land, comprising 28 hectares in Sha Tin and four hectares in Diamond Hill, can be released for other beneficial uses. Feasibility studies to shift several other government facilities in the New Territories and Kowloon and the Public Works Central Laboratory in Kowloon Bay to caverns continued or commenced.
Underground Space Development
Under a pilot study, conceptual schemes were being developed for the strategic urban areas of Tsim Sha Tsui West, Causeway Bay, Happy Valley and Admiralty/Wan Chai so as to evaluate their feasibility, as well as suitability for priority implementation.
Major Planning Studies and Development Projects
Kwu Tung North and Fanling North New Development Area
The Kwu Tung North and Fanling North outline zoning plans provide the land use framework for the NDA to meet the city's medium to long-term housing, social and economic needs. Through the TPB-approved planning application under Section 16 of the Town Planning Ordinance and the adoption of other site utilisation enhancement measures, the NDA will provide about 71,800 new flats, with about 70 per cent being public housing, to accommodate an additional population of about 188,100. It will also generate about 40,100 new jobs. Development works will be implemented between 2019 and 2031, with the first residents expected to move in starting from 2023.
Tung Chung New Town Extension
The Tung Chung New Town Extension will provide about 49,600 flats and a commercial hub with gross floor area of about 877,000 sq m for office, retail and hotel uses along with about 40,000 new jobs. Reclamation works for Tung Chung East are in progress, with a view to receiving the earliest population intake in 2024.
Hung Shui Kiu New Development Area
The Hung Shui Kiu NDA will provide about 61,000 new flats to accommodate an additional population of about 176,000, with the first batch of residents expected in 2024. It will produce about 150,000 new jobs. The approved Hung Shui Kiu and Ha Tsuen Outline Zoning Plan was gazetted in October.
Yuen Long South
The Yuen Long South development area will provide about 28,500 new flats to house an additional population of about 85,400 and will produce about 10,500 jobs. Statutory planning procedures are expected to start in the second half of 2019. The first population intake is targeted for 2028.
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