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and also connect to Trunk Road T3. All works are scheduled for completion in end 2007.

Tuen Mun

Tuen Mun new town is built mainly on land reclaimed from Castle Peak Bay and platforms in the valley between Castle Peak and the Tai Lam Hills. It covers a development area of 2 253 hectares for a projected population of 595 000.

Hong Kong's River Trade Terminal was built on reclaimed land in the southwestern part of the new town and operates as a transit point for containers and bulk cargo shipped between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta ports. The adjacent reclamation is used for special industries with Lung Fu Road (Foothill Bypass) serving the developments there.

The new town is served by a good road network which includes Tuen Mun Road, Castle Peak Road and Yuen Long Highway. Rail links include the West Rail and the Light Rail.

Tai Po

Tai Po has grown from a small market town to a new town covering a development area of 2 897 hectares for a projected population of 316 980.

The Pak Shek Kok development, which occupies an area of 118 hectares north of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, includes the Science Park, housing and strategic recreational uses, and additional space for tertiary education facilities. Reclamation has been completed. Construction of Science Park Phase II is scheduled for completion at the end of 2007. The projected working population is about 23 900.

The new town has a well-established external transport system and network of roads consisting of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, Tolo Highway, Fanling Highway, Tail Po Road and Lam Kam Road.

Fanling and Sheung Shui

Fanling and Sheung Shui are former traditional market towns which have become a single new town covering a development area of 768 hectares for a projected population of 290 870.

Fanling and Sheung Shui are served by the East Rail and external road links to adjacent districts and beyond, including Fanling Highway, Fan Kam Road, Man Kam To Road and Sha Tau Kok Road.

Major flood control projects for the River Indus have been completed.

Yuen Long

Yuen Long new town covers a development area of 561 hectares for a projected population of 195 000.

The new town is served by the West Rail, the Light Rail and a good trunk road network, including Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long Highway and Tsing Long Highway.