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Historical
Background

The Territorial Development Strategy Review
in 1990s first identified the potential of HSK
area for strategic growth in the North West
New Territories (NWNT). The Planning and
Development Study on NWNT commissioned
in 1997 identified the HSK area as suitable for
NDA development (Figure 28).

The 'Hong Kong 2030 Planning Vision and
Strategy', promulgated in 2007, recommended
2
to proceed with the HSK NDA development to
address the long-term housing demand and
provide employment opportunities. Following
the announcement of the development of the
HSK NDA and the North East New Territories
NDAs as one of the ten major infrastructure
projects for economic growth in the 2007-08
Chief Executive's Policy Address, the HSK
NDA Planning and Engineering Study (the
Study) was commissioned jointly by the Civil
Engineering and Development Department
(CEDD) and the Planning Department in 2011
with a view to formulating a planning and
development framework for the implementation
of the NDA. The Recommended Outline
Development Plan (RODP) for the NDA was Figure 28: Aerial view of Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen
revised and finalised under the Study and was New Development Area
promulgated in 2016.

In view of the opportunity to optimise the development potential of some housing sites in the NDA
to provide more flats, CEDD has carried out the Housing Mix Review for the Second and Remaining
Phases of the NDA. The NDA will be developed into a new town with a total population of about 231 800
(new population of about 184 000) and will provide about 66 700 new flats. According to the Northern
Metropolis Action Agenda published in 2023, the NDA and Lau Fau Shan vicinity can work with the
Qianhai Cooperation Zone and Nanshan District in such areas as finance, professional services and
logistics services, promoting and deepening high-end economic cooperation. The NDA can also be
transformed into a “modern service centre” and a hub for talents travelling frequently between Hong
Kong and Shenzhen, serving the entire Greater Bay Area.

2 Later renamed as HSK/HT NDA

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