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Making Use of Natural Resources
Natural hillslopes along the periphery of Tsuen Wan, Tsuen Wan West and Kwai Chung define the outer limit of the
New Town for conservation of areas with prominent, scenic and high value landscape features. For developments
in Tsing Yi, the mountain in the central part of the island provides a natural separation to the oil depots in the
south and west of Tsing Yi from residential developments in the northeast (Figure 7).
With the advantage adjoining deep sea water, both sides of Rambler Channel are used for container terminals and
port back-up uses while the northwestern and southern parts of Tsing Yi are used for special industries such as oil
depots and ship repairing.
Figure 7: Conceptual Land-use Plan
Urban Fringe and Housing Variety
Tsuen Wan West located at the western part of Tsuen Wan district is an urban fringe area. Medium and high-
density residential developments are developed around the sub-urban core in Sham Tseng while the remaining
areas such as Ting Kau are occupied by low-rise and low-density housing developments. Village type
development, including villages re-sited to make way for New Town and MTR development, and their village
expansion areas, can be found in the smaller platforms formed on the hillslopes in the northern part of Tsuen Wan.
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