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Written by: Zheng Cuibi
2020-12-26 20:12
Last update date: 2020-12-26 20:13
The Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced in the "Policy Address" that the government has drawn up an outline zoning plan for the development of the superstructure of the MTR Siu Ho Wan Depot. According to the latest assessment, it is expected to provide about 20,000 units in the medium to long term.
She inspected the MTR Siu Ho Wan Depot Development Project today (26). She pointed out that the development of the Siu Ho Wan Depot focuses on public housing and will account for about half of the overall supply.
The first batch of about 6,000 public and private units are expected to be occupied one after another from 2030.
The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, visited the MTR Siu Ho Wan Depot today (December 26) to learn about the future housing development plans of the area.
Pictured is Carrie Lam (fourth from left) listening to Mr Tang Chi-fai (first from right), Director of Property and Australia Operations of MTR Corporation, introducing the development of the superstructure of the MTR Siu Ho Wan Depot.
Next to them are the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Mr. Chen Fan (second from left), Secretary for Development, Mr. Wong Wai Lun (third from left), and the Chief Executive Officer of MTR Corporation, Dr. Jin Zepei (first from left).
(Photo by the Information Services Department)
Carrie Lam, accompanied by Secretary for Transport and Housing Chan Fan and Secretary for Development Wong Wai Lun, visited the MTR Siu Ho Wan Depot today to listen to MTR Chairman Ouyang Boquan, Chief Executive Officer Jin Zepei and other MTR company representatives The future housing development plan of the department.
Carrie Lam announced in the "2020 Policy Address" that the government has formulated an outline zoning plan for the development of the MTR Siu Ho Wan depot site. According to the latest assessment, it is expected to provide about 20,000 units in the medium to long term, of which about half are public houses.
She said that this is another railway project 40 years after the development of the Hong Kong Island Line on the Hong Kong Island Line in the 1980s that uses railway facilities to develop public housing to provide public housing. "It highlights the determination of the current government to increase the supply of public housing." It means that public housing in the Kornhill Development Project only accounted for about a quarter of the housing units in the entire project. The development of the Siu Ho Wan Depot is more focused on public housing, which will account for about half of the overall supply.
The first batch of about 6,000 public and private units are expected to be occupied one after another from 2030.
The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, visited the MTR Siu Ho Wan Depot today (December 26) to learn about the future housing development plans of the MTR.
Next to it are Dr. Ouyang Boquan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the MTR Corporation (front row, first from right), Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Zepei Jin (front row, first from left), and Dr. Li Jiayun, Director of Transportation (front row, second from left).
(Photo by the Information Services Department)
Carrie Lam said that housing is the crux of many problems in Hong Kong, and the core of the housing problem is the lack of land to build houses.
In addition to the eight land supply options recommended by the Land Supply Task Force, the current government has also comprehensively reviewed the uses of existing public facilities and implemented the "single site, multiple uses" development model.
She said that the Siu Ho Wan Depot occupies an area of 30 hectares and has great potential for development through a new plan.
Although there are many technical challenges to be overcome for the superstructure development of the depot in operation, she thanked the MTR Corporation for doing a lot of preliminary work for advancing the project, and the relevant departments will fully cooperate in order to start the project as soon as possible and further increase the supply of public housing in the future. .
Carrie Lam announced earlier that the government has found 330 hectares of land for the construction of 316,000 public housing units, which can meet the demand for public housing units in the next ten years in the 2020 Long Term Housing Strategy report. The above land does not include the development of the Siu Ho Wan Depot project.
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