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Tseung Kwan O New Town is fast expanding. It is one of the key strategic growth areas for mass housing
close to the Metro Area.

Development in Tseung Kwan O New Town

The New Town was built mainly by reclaiming Tseung Kwan O Bay and the formation of platforms on both
sides of the narrow inlet.

In addition to the existing Po Lam Road and Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, the New Town will be connected
to the Metro Area by the new Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel and Cross Bay Link. The New Town is
served by the Tseung Kwan O Line of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) with stations at Tiu King Leng,
Tseung Kwan O, Hang Hau, Po Lam and LOHAS Park.

The five stations along the Tseung Kwan O line are the focal points of the district/town centres in the
New Town, with retail and public transport interchange facilities. High density residential developments
including public and private housing are built or planned around the MTR stations (Figure 7).

Figure 7: Residential development Figure 8: Tseung Kwan O Village Figure 9: Metro City – A contemporary
(Metro City) above Po Lam Station shopping Centre

Due to the proximity of the New Town to the Metro Area, residential developments in the New Town are
generally planned to a higher intensity when compared with other new towns in the territory.

Upon the planned development, the overall flat mix ratio of the New Town will be about 53:47 between
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public (including public rental housing and subsidised sale flats ) and private permanent housing
(including village housing).

Some recognized villages, including Yau Yue Wan Village, Hang Hau Village, Tin Ha Wan Village, Tseung
Kwan O Village (Figure 8) and Mau Wu Tsai Village, are found within the New Town.

The planning of Tseung Kwan O New Town aims at self-containment of shopping, community,
recreational and other local facilities. Shopping facilities are provided in commercial and commercial/
residential developments in the district centres (Figure 9) and the Town Centre of Tseung Kwan O South
as well as within individual public housing estates. A wide range of community facilities including those
for education, health, social welfare and recreation are provided to serve the residents of the New Town.

1 Subsidised sale flats include Housing Authority's Home Ownership Scheme flats, Private Sector Participation Scheme flats,
Buy-or-Rent Option Scheme flats, and Housing Society's Flat-for-Sale Scheme flats.

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