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Planning For Smart, Green and Resilient New Developments Focus

Urban Living in Balance with Nature

Both the HSK NDA and the YLS Development are planned to be a green city adopting
a sustainable and energy saving strategy in respect of town planning and urban design,

transportation and green infrastructure to achieve efficiency, carbon emission reduction and
sustainable living.

Respecting the existing rural and natural context, an urban form with gradation of development

intensities and buildings heights is adopted at the outset in the planning of the two development
areas. In the HSK NDA, residential developments of higher density are clustered around the
proposed HSK Station and the existing Tin Shui Wai Station, with development intensities and
building height descending towards the Lau Fau Shan and Deep Bay areas in the northern part

of the NDA, which are low-rise in nature. Similarly, the development intensities and buildings
heights in the YLS Development descend from the north near Yuen Long New Town towards
the south where the Tai Lam Country Park is located.

Great efforts have been made in the urban design to harmonise the built environment with

the existing natural and rural landscapes. A green and blue network has been planned in the
HSK NDA to create a place for urban living in balance with nature. This will be focused on a
5 kilometre-long continuous riverside promenade linking up different nodes in the NDA from
the south to the north through the Regional Park (about 16 hectares in size) at the heart of the 38

NDA and the Regional Plaza (about 4.7 hectares in size) in front of the proposed HSK Station.
Community farming and farmers’ markets will be encouraged in the designated open spaces
to promote green living. The existing Tin Shui Wai River Channel will also be upgraded and
revitalised to reconnect people with existing riverine channels and to enhance the biodiversity.

Integrated Blue-Green Network in the Hung Shui Kiu New Development Area