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Planning Concept

Self-contained and Balanced Development

The objectives of the new town development are to (i) establish self-contained communities with the provision
of residential developments, job opportunities for local employment and a wide range of community facilities
including education, medical, leisure and recreational facilities, etc; and (ii) provide a balanced development with
both public and private housing developments for different income groups.

Three Main Development Areas

Right from the early stage of planning of the New Town, the Government identified three development nodes,
Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi. Local social and economic activities focus around key MTR stations in
these three areas: namely Tsuen Wan Station of Tseun Wan Line and Tsuen Wan West Station of West Rail in
Tsuen Wan, Kwai Fong Station and Kwai Hing Station of Tsuen Wan Line in Kwai Chung, and Tsing Yi Station of
Tung Chung Line and Airport Express Line (Figure 6). High-rise commercial and residential developments, as
well as major community facilities such as public transport interchanges, shopping malls, and Government and
community facilities are planned around the MTR stations supported by convenient and well-integrated pedestrian
network. Platforms were formed through excavation of hill slopes in Shing Mun Valley, Chung Kwai Chung and Ha
Kwai Chung to the north and east of the development nodes for public housing development such as Shek Wai Kok
Estate, Kwai Shing Estate, Shek Lei Estate, Shek Yam Estate and Lai King Estate. Through the "Comprehensive
Development Area" ("CDA") zone in all five OZPs, large-scale factories and heavy industrial installations at the
fringe of the town centre such as cotton mills and oil depots (having operated since the early stage of New Town)
have been redeveloped into residential developments such as Belvedere Garden, The Summit Terrace, Riviera
Garden, Villa Esplanada and Bellagio. However, the traditional industrial areas with active industrial activities
in Tsuen Wan East and Tai Lin Pai Road are still the major employment nodes in the New Town providing job
opportunities to the residents nearby.

Figure 6: Three development nodes at Key Mass Transit Railway Stations
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