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Development of New Town Halted with Reclamation

1970s

Tsuen Wan Yuen Long Fanling/Sheung Shui

Tuen Mun Shatin Tai Po

1980s

Tin Shui Wai Tseung Kwan O

1990s

Tung Chung

2000s

No Completion
of New Town
since 2000

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1. Regrettably, since the mid-90s, the government has not implemented any major reclamation
projects, and the development of new towns has also been suspended. In the 1970s, the
government developed six new towns, including Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Shatin, Tai Po, Yuen Long,
Fanling / Sheung Shui. In the 1980s, there were Tin Shui Wai and Tseung Kwan O. Yet, there has
been no new town development since the construction of the Tung Chung new town in the 1990s.
The next new town, Hung Shui Kiu, will see its completion years after 2023. There will have been
decades during which Hong Kong saw no new town development.

2. It is noteworthy that the development of Hung Shui Kiu, Yuen Long South, Kam Tin South, New
Territories North, etc., do not involve any reclamation, but rely solely on the development of
existing agricultural land and brownfield sites. The process of land resumption could be
conceivably lengthy, which adds uncertainty to these development projects.

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