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Planning Concept

Self-contained and Balanced Development

The objectives of the new town development are to (i) establish self-contained communities with the provision
of residential developments, job opportunities for local employment and a wide range of community facilities
including education, medical, leisure and recreational facilities, etc; and (ii) provide a balanced development with
both public and private housing developments for different income groups.

Three Main Development Areas

Right from the early stage of planning of the New Town, the Government identified three development
nodes - Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi. Local social and economic activities focus around key MTR stations
in these three areas: namely Tsuen Wan Station of Tsuen Wan Line and Tsuen Wan West Station of Tuen Ma Line
in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Fong Station and Kwai Hing Station of Tsuen Wan Line in Kwai Chung, and Tsing Yi Station
of Tung Chung Line and Airport Express Line (Figure 6). High-rise commercial and residential developments, as
well as major community facilities such as public transport interchanges, shopping malls, and Government and
community facilities are planned around the MTR stations supported by convenient and well-integrated pedestrian
networks. Platforms were formed through excavation of hill slopes in Shing Mun Valley, Chung Kwai Chung
and Ha Kwai Chung to the north and east of the development nodes for public housing developments such as
Shek Wai Kok Estate, Kwai Shing Estate, Shek Lei Estate, Shek Yam Estate and Lai King Estate. Through the
"Comprehensive Development Area" ("CDA") zone on all five OZPs, large-scale factories and heavy industrial
installations at the fringe of the town centre such as cotton mills and oil depots (having operated since the
early stage of New Town) have been redeveloped into residential developments such as Belvedere Garden, The
Summit Terrace, Riviera Garden, Villa Esplanada and Bellagio. However, the traditional industrial areas with
active industrial activities and emerging uses such as office and data centre in Chai Wan Kok, Castle Peak Road/
Wo Yi Hop Road and Kwai Chung Road are still the major employment nodes in the New Town providing job
opportunities for the residents nearby.

Figure 6: Three development nodes at Key Mass Transit Railway Stations
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