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Future Development

The future planned developments include:

y Proposed sports centre at Ma Wo Road to the south of the Town Centre
It has been included in Leisure and Cultural Services Department's “Five-Year Plan for Sports and
Recreation Facilities” under the 2017 Policy Address. It will mainly include a sports centre, social
welfare facilities and a public vehicle park.

y Proposed Football-cum-rugby pitch at Dai Wah Street near Tai Po Waterfront Park in Area 33, Tai Po
It will provide a 11-a-side soccer pitches (artificial turf pitches) cum rugby pitch and ancillary facilities
as well as public vehicle park.

y Proposed Community Health Centre at the former Tai Po Jockey Club Swimming Pool at On Pong
Road

It will provide primary medical facilities including a community health centre, a district library and
public vehicle park.

y Planning East Rail Line Pak Shek Kok Station
The Government is studying the construction of a new Pak Shek Kok Station of the East Rail Line.
The Government will also make the best use of the development potential of the land in the vicinity of
the proposed Pak Shek Kok Station to provide more housing and parking spaces, shops and public
facilities for local residents. The Pak Shek Kok Station is targeted to be commissioned by 2033.

y Proposed Shatin Bypass
This north-south new trunk road connecting Tai Po and Kowloon West will give residents of the New
Territories East a faster route to urban areas and relieve traffic pressure on Tolo Highway.

Looking Ahead

In the past decades, Tai Po has experienced rapid changes and has been developed from a rural
market town to a modernised new town with good living environment and adequate community and
infrastructural facilities. It is worthy to note that Tai Po is among one of the new towns where on the one
hand, development has taken place and on the other hand, disturbance to the natural areas has been kept
to the minimum. This will remain the major planning objective for Tai Po New Town in the future.

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