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In 1973, the New Town Development Programme's
target of providing housing for about 1.8 million
people in three first generation New Towns,
namely, Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin and Tuen Mun
was announced. The old town centre of Tsuen
Wan New Town was around Sha Tsui Road and
Yeung Uk Road. With the provision of supporting
infrastructures including the opening of the Tsing
Yi Bridge in 1974, Mass Transit Railway (MTR)
Tsuen Wan Line in 1982, Tsing Yi Station in 1998,
Tsuen Wan West Station in 2003, and Stonecutters
Bridge in 2009, the development clusters were
expanded from the old town centre of Tsuen Wan
to three main development areas (see below). The Figure 4: Aerial view of Tsuen Wan in 2016
New Town has experienced a rapid development in past decades. It has changed from a satellite town with
industrial undertakings and population of about 260 000 in 1971 to a self-contained new town development with
population of over 800 000 in 2021 (Figure 4).

The first statutory plan covering the Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi areas was the draft Tsuen Wan &
District Outline Development Plan No. LTW/57 gazetted on 1 September 1961. On 20 September 1968, the Town
Planning Board agreed to split the Tsuen Wan statutory plan into three different plans, namely Tsuen Wan
Outline Zoning Plan (OZP), Kwai Chung OZP and Tsing Yi OZP. In 1989 and 1990, two more statutory OZPs
falling within the new town area were published, namely Tsuen Wan West OZP and Stonecutters Island OZP. At
present, there are a total of five statutory plans covering the new town area (Figure 5).

Figure 5: Five Outline Zoning Plans covering Tsuen Wan New Town

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