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Tseung Kwan O New Town is fast expanding. It is one of the key strategic growth areas for mass housing
close to the Metro Area.
Development in Tseung Kwan O New Town
The New Town was built mainly by reclaiming Tseung Kwan O Bay and the formation of platforms on both
sides of the narrow inlet.
In addition to the existing Po Lam Road and Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, the New Town is connected to the
Metro Area by the new Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel and Cross Bay Link commissioned in December
2022. The New Town is served by the Tseung Kwan O Line of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) with
stations at Tiu King Leng, Tseung Kwan O, Hang Hau, Po Lam and LOHAS Park.
The five stations along the Tseung Kwan O line are the focal points of the district/town centres in the
New Town, with retail and public transport interchange facilities. High density residential developments
including public and private housing are built or planned around the MTR stations (Figure 7).
Figure 7: Residential development Figure 8: Tseung Kwan O Village Figure 9: PopCorn – A contemporary
above LOHAS Park Station shopping Centre
Due to the proximity of the Tseung Kwan O New Town to the Metro Area, residential developments in
the New Town are generally planned to a higher intensity when compared with other new towns in the
territory.
Upon full development of the Tseung Kwan O New Town, the overall flat mix ratio of the New Town will
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be about 53:47 between public (including public rental housing and subsidised sale flats ) and private
permanent housing (including village housing).
Some recognized villages, including Yau Yue Wan Village, Hang Hau Village, Tin Ha Wan Village, Tseung
Kwan O Village (Figure 8) and Mau Wu Tsai Village, are found within the New Town.
The planning of Tseung Kwan O New Town aims at self-containment of shopping, community,
recreational and other local facilities. Shopping facilities are provided in commercial and commercial/
residential developments in the district centres (Figure 9) and the Town Centre of Tseung Kwan O South
as well as within individual public housing estates. A wide range of community facilities including those
for education, health, social welfare and recreation are provided to serve the residents of the New Town.
1 Subsidised sale flats include Housing Authority's Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) flats, Green Form Subsided HOS flat, Starter
Homes Pilot Scheme, Private Sector Participation Scheme flats and Buy-or-Rent Option Scheme flats, and Housing Society's Flat-for-
Sale Scheme flats.
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