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Major Government, Institution and Community Facility



          A signature civic node and government, institution and community (GIC) cluster at the intersection of
          Po Yap Road and Po Shun Road have been planned to serve Tseung Kwan O as well as the Sai Kung
          hinterland.  The GIC cluster comprises Tseung Kwan O Government Offices (Figure 15), headquarters
          of the Immigration Department, a Joint-User Complex with market and a civic centre.  A welfare service
          complex is also planned in Area 72.  A Heritage Information Centre, which was converted from the ex-Tiu
          Keng Leng Police Station under the Signature Project, was open in 2021.  A site in the centre part of Area
          137 is planned for a joint-user government complex which will be the major activity node of the area.


          The Tseung Kwan O Hospital is located to the immediate east of Fu Ning Garden in Hang Hau while the
          Haven of Hope Hospital is located to the immediate east of Mau Wu Tsai Village.  A Chinese Medicine
          Hospital and a Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute (Figure 16) will be established at Pak
          Shing Kok to promote the development of Chinese medicine and serve the needs of Hong Kong.  Both
          facilities were commissioned by in December 2025.

          Three tertiary educational institutes are provided within the New Town.  The Saint Francis University
          and the Hong Kong Design Institute are located in proximity to the Tiu Keng Leng MTR Station while the
          Tseung Kwan O Study Centre (an extension of The Education University of Hong Kong) is located to the
          immediate west of Yau Yue Wan Village.

          A reliable fresh water supply is important in sustaining Hong Kong’s development and economic growth.
          There is a need to develop seawater desalination which is not susceptible to climate change to secure
          fresh water resources in Hong Kong.  To
          this end, the Water Supplies Department will
          construct a desalination plant at a site in the
          southeastern part of Area 137.  The first stage of
          desalination plant was commissioned in 2023.


          The Fire and Ambulance Services Academy (the
          Academy) in Pak Shing Kok started its operation
          in March 2016 as an advanced training school
          for the Fire Services Department.  The Academy
          provides residential training places for both
          newly recruited and serving fire and ambulance
          personnel.                                        Figure 15: Tseung Kwan O Government Offices in Area 67

          Tseung Kwan O Stage II / III landfill in Area
          105 has been closed.  Starting from January
          2016, the SENT landfill (Area 101) receives
          construction waste only to address the odour
          problem affecting the New Town.  Since
          November 2021, the SENT landfill extension
          (parts of Areas 101 and 137) has started to
          receive construction waste from the territory
          and the SENT Landfill has stopped receiving
          construction waste.
                                                             Figure 16: Chinese Medicine Hospital and Government
                                                                 Chinese Medicines Testing Institute in Area 78


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