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Planning, Land and Infrastructure

development in Hong Kong. Similar strategies have been applied to the adjoining San Po Kong Business Area.

Major Planning Studies and Development Projects

Kwu Tung North/Fanling North New Development Area

The Kwu Tung North/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. The NDA will provide about 71,800 new flats, with nearly 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 started in 2019 for phased completion by 2031, with the first batch of residents expected to move in to private and public housing starting from 2023 and 2026 respectively.

Tung Chung New Town Extension

The Tung Chung New Town Extension will provide about 62,100 flats and a commercial hub with a gross floor area of about 877,000 sq m for office, retail and hotel uses along with about 40,000 new jobs. Reclamation works are ongoing in Tung Chung East. The first parcel of reclaimed land was handed over in March for public housing development, with the earliest population intake expected in 2024.

Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area

The Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen NDA will provide about 61,000 new flats to accommodate an additional population of about 176,000, most of whom will begin moving in around 2030. It will produce about 150,000 new jobs. First phase development works commenced in July. The first batch of sites earmarked for the development of multi-storey buildings accommodating logistics and other businesses are expected to be formed in 2023, while the first local rehousing estate is expected to start population intake in 2024.

Yuen Long South

The Yuen Long South Development will provide about 32,850 new flats to house an additional population of about 98,700 and will produce about 13,600 jobs. Statutory planning procedures for stages 1 and 2 developments began in July. The first population intake is targeted for 2028.

Lok Ma Chau Loop

The 87-hectare Lok Ma Chau Loop Area will be developed into the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park. Advance infrastructural works are ongoing, so that the first batch of land parcels can be provided in 2021 for superstructural development of the park. Detailed design of the main infrastructural works is also in progress.

Kai Tak

The government is providing essential infrastructure to serve the phased implementation of the Kai Tak Development, which covers the former airport precinct and the adjoining areas and has a footprint of about 320 hectares. Under the approved Kai Tak Outline Zoning Plan, the development can provide about 50,000 flats and 2.28 million sq m of commercial floor space.

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