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Historical

Background

The Territorial Development Strategy Review
in 1990s first identified the potential of HSK
area for strategic growth in the North West
New Territories (NWNT). The Planning and
Development Study on NWNT commissioned
in 1997 identified the HSK area as suitable for
NDA development (Figure 28).

The 'Hong Kong 2030 Planning Vision and
Strategy', promulgated in 2007, recommended
2
to proceed with the HSK NDA development to
address the long-term housing demand and
provide employment opportunities. Following
the announcement of the development of the
HSK NDA and the North East New Territories
NDAs as one of the ten major infrastructure
projects for economic growth in the 2007-08
Chief Executive's Policy Address, the HSK
NDA Planning and Engineering Study (the HSK
NDA Study) was commissioned jointly by the
Civil Engineering and Development Department
(CEDD) and the Planning Department in August
2011 with a view to formulating a planning and
development framework for the implementation
of the NDA.

Figure 28: Aerial view of Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen
New Development Area

The NDA will be developed into a new town with a total population of about 218 000 (new population
of about 176 000) and will provide about 61 500 new flats. The NDA will be a Regional Economic and
Civic Hub for the NWNT and cater for an integrated community with wide-ranging commercial, retail,
community, recreational and cultural facilities as well as ample employment opportunities serving the
NDA as well as the adjacent areas of Tuen Mun, TSW and Yuen Long New Towns.

2 Later renamed as HSK/NT NDA

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