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Elevated Pedestrian Walkways

The elevated pedestrian walkway system
in Tsuen Wan (Figure 40) links up the
commercial/residential nodes around
Tsuen Wan Station (Tsuen Wan Line) and
Tsuen Wan West Station (Tuen Ma Line).
It provides a safe and convenient link for
the pedestrians to access open spaces
and different government facilities, and
greatly relieves them from overcrowding
on pavements. The integrated pedestrian
environment in the New Town will be
continuously improved and expanded.
Figure 40: Pedestrian footbridge in Tsuen Wan

Looking Ahead

The Government will continue to review the land uses and to provide sufficient land to meet various needs
through rezoning and optimising land resources, as and when needed, to enhance the overall living quality of
the New Town.

Housing Urban Renewal

To meet the housing demand, the Government The Urban Renewal Authority (“URA”) is
will continue to adopt the supply-led and conducting the Tsuen Wan District Study with
flexible principles to increase housing supply; a view to formulating renewal plans. The Study
to enhance the housing ladder to promote examines the old districts of Tsuen Wan in terms
home ownership among young people; and of land use, road planning, open space, community
to safeguard the rational use of public rental facilities, etc. so as to map out respective
housing resources. blueprints for planning and restructuring.

Port Development

Hong Kong is a prominent international maritime centre and a transhipment hub port in the Asia-Pacific
region. Hong Kong Port (HKP) has an annual handling capacity of over 20 million TEUs (twenty-foot
equivalent units), with the nine container terminals at Kwai Tsing Container Terminals having a total of
24 berths and operating 24 hours a day. HKP is one of the busiest container ports in the world, with a
throughput of nearly 13.7 million TEUs in 2024, of which around 60% was transhipment throughput. The
Port Community System, to be launched in January 2026, will provide cargo tracking function and connect
sea, land and air transport networks, bolstering trade and capital flows digitally.

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