Policy Address

Medium to Long-term Programmes

92. For the medium to long term, we are determined to implement as soon as possible a number of large-scale projects, including NDAs and new town extensions, with focus on Kwu Tung North and Fanling North, Tung Chung, Hung Shui Kiu and Yuen Long South, to provide additional housing, community facilities, public space and land for economic use. These development projects are expected to provide close to 200 000 housing units and over 8.6 million square metres of industrial and commercial floor area between 2023 and 2038. Potential railway property development projects can also provide over 21 000 residential units.

New Development Areas and Extension of New Towns

93. With the completion of the planning and engineering study for the Kwu Tung North and Fanling North NDAs, obtaining approval of the statutory plans and funding from the LegCo for the detailed design of advance works, we have also formulated a new compensation and rehousing package. This is the first large-scale new town development in Hong Kong since Tung Chung in the 1990s. The project will provide 60 000 flats and 840 000 square metres of industrial and commercial floor area. The first population intake is expected in six years.

94. Tung Chung New Town Extension is another focus in the medium to long term, and its statutory plans have been approved by the Town Planning Board. The project will provide 49 400 flats and 877 000 square metres of commercial floor area. The reclamation will commence next year, and the first population intake is expected in six years.

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