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Infrastructure Development and Heritage Conservation

for a strategic planning framework to enhance the quality of life in the Bay Area will complete in 2014.

Work is being carried out to set up a boundary control point at Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai in 2018 to strengthen the physical connection between the eastern parts of Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

Major Planning Studies/Planning Reviews

Tung Chung New Town Extension Study

The Planning Department and the Civil Engineering and Development Department launched the Tung Chung New Town Extension Study in 2012 to identify Tung Chung's development potential and opportunities. Development proposals for the Tung Chung New Town extension will be formulated taking into account nearby major infrastructure projects, environmental and conservation considerations, and the public's views. More than 3,000 public comments were received in the second stage of public engagement which ended in July 2013, and the public's views will be taken into account in the preparation of the Outline Development Plan. The next round of public engagement is expected to commence in 2014.

Planning and Engineering Study for Tuen Mun Areas 40 and 46 and the Adjoining Areas - Feasibility Study

The Planning Department and the Civil Engineering and Development Department jointly commissioned this study in May. The study will examine the areas' development potential, opportunities and future land use, with a view to recommending appropriate land uses and development parameters to optimise the use of the area's land resources. The first of the study's two stages of community engagement is expected to commence in 2014.

Future Use of Quarry Sites

Studies to examine the future land use of some existing and previous quarry sites commenced in 2011 and 2012, with a view to meeting housing and other development needs. The planning studies on Anderson Road and Cha Kwo Ling quarry sites will be completed in 2014. The second stage of community engagement of the Planning and Engineering Study for Ex-Lamma Quarry Area, Sok Kwu Wan is expected to commence in March 2014.

Planning and Engineering Study for Housing Sites in Yuen Long South

The Planning Department and the Civil Engineering and Development Department launched the Planning and Engineering Study for Housing Sites in Yuen Long South in 2012 to examine the development potential of the area's brownfield sites for housing developments and other uses, together with provision of infrastructure and community facilities. A community engagement exercise on the development constraints and opportunities, guiding principles and aspirations was completed in June 2013 and the public's views will be taken into account in the preparation of development options.

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