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Tuen Mun Lam Tei plans to build more than 20,000 public housing units, which will accommodate approximately 61,000 people to occupy as soon as 2030

2021-07-02T23:52:19.245Z


The Planning Department recently submitted a document to the District Council to decide to merge the two sites of San Hing Road and Hong Bao Road in Tuen Mun for comprehensive planning and development. The entire development plan covers an area of ​​nearly 30 hectares, and it is estimated that 21,600 public housing units can be built.


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Written by: Wang Jieen

2021-07-02 18:58

The last update date: 2021-07-02 18:58

The Planning Department recently submitted a document to the District Council to decide to merge the two sites of San Hing Road and Hong Bao Road in Tuen Mun for comprehensive planning and development.

The entire development plan covers an area of ​​nearly 30 hectares. It is estimated that 21,600 units of public housing can be built, accommodating about 61,000 people, and the estimated period of occupation is from 2030 to 2033.

There are many car parks and warehouses on Sun Hing Road in Tuen Mun.

(Information Picture/Photographed by Cai Zhengbang)

The Planning Department stated that the political decision has been to merge the two adjacent sites of Xinqing Road and Kangbao Road for comprehensive planning and development, and the development concept map for the proposed development has been completed.

According to information, the site is adjacent to the private housing estate "Yin Chui Mansion" in Lam Tei, Tuen Mun, and the original village, Sun Hing Village.

The Department proposes to rezone the "Residential (Category E)" and "Green Belt" in the current outline plan to "Residential (Category A)" and "Government, Institution or Community" zones.

There are many brownfield developments near Sun Hing Estate in Tuen Mun.

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Estimated year of occupation from 2030 to 2033

After the merger, the public housing development plan on San Hing Road and Hong Bao Road in Tuen Mun will cover 29.7 hectares, including social welfare facilities, kindergartens, schools, retail facilities, open space, children's playgrounds, public transport interchanges and other infrastructure facilities.

The Department estimates that 21,600 public housing units can be built under this plan, accommodating about 61,000 people, and the estimated year of occupation is between 2030 and 2033.

The picture shows the public housing development plans of San Hing Road and Hong Bao Road in Tuen Mun. The light blue area is the land of Kang Bao Road; the light green and orange are San Hing Road and its extension land, and the relevant land is planned to develop public housing.

(District Council Document)

Mainly used for brownfield purposes, mixed with graves and columbarium

According to the department, the development is located north of the border of Tuen Mun New Town. The current land is mainly used for brownfield purposes, including open-air warehouses, rural workshops, ice making and bleaching factories and warehouses, as well as temporary residential structures and agricultural land. , Tombs and columbarium.

The Xinqing Road Project has been controversial

Looking at the information, the related projects have been controversial. Before the merger and development, the public housing development plan on San Hing Road in Tuen Mun was originally planned to build about 8,000 units, but it was later drastically reduced to 1,500 units. The Housing Department also admitted that it had 5 times in succession. "Getting the bottom line" with some district councilors and rural affiliations was described as a replica of the Hengzhou incident.

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