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envisaged

that population will continue to increase to

500,000 by end 90s.

Tuen Mun has two distinct advantages that has made

it a thriving New Town with profound potentials: plentiful

and a long and deep waterfront.

of

land;

of space has

The availability

enabled Tuen Mun to be well provided with

facilities

under improved planning standards.

The result is

that it enjoys comparatively better social, educational and

facilities ranging from Town Hall to Town Park,

recreational

Central

Library,

Magistrate,

numerous community centres,

modern shopping complexes,

recreation and sports centres

and social centres, swimming pools, beaches and country

park, and a full scale 1600-bed general acute hospital. The

long and deep waterfront has allowed tremendous development

opportunities for both property and industry.

It

18 planned that Tuen Mun should have a mix of

public and private housing at a ratio of 3:2. In the early

stages of development, public housing occupied, however,

overwhelming proportion.

an

At present about 60% of the Tuen

Mun population lives in Public Housing Estates, and another

15% in other forms of government housing such as Home

Ownership Scheme, and Private Sector Participation Scheme.

Altogether there are 11 Public Housing Estates and 13 Home

Ownership Schemes/Private

recent years,

private

Sector Participation Schemes. In

residential developments have picked

up rapidly and mainly concentrated on the seafront.