Liu Guoxun advocates changing the name of "New Territories North New Town" to "Ta Kwu Ling Development Area" to avoid public confusion

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, issued the last policy address of this term at the beginning of the month, proposing to build a "Northern Metropolis" covering an area of ​​300 square kilometers.

Liu Guoxun, a member of the DAB Legislative Council, today (18) published a letter to the Secretary for Development, Wong Wai Lun, suggesting that the "New Territories North New Town" in the metropolitan area should be renamed the "Ta Kwu Ling Development Area" so as not to confuse the surrounding areas. .

Carrie Lam mentioned in her new policy address on the 6th of this month to develop the "Northern Metropolis" covering an area of ​​300 square kilometers. It is expected to provide up to 926,000 units and accommodate about 2.5 million people. At the same time, it will develop into the "Future of Hong Kong". Areas with the most active urban construction and population growth in the past two decades" to solve the problem of land and housing.

Liu Guoxun wrote a letter to Wong Wai Lun, Director of the Development Bureau last Friday, and the letter was made public today.

He suggested that the "New Territories North New Town" be renamed the "Ta Kwu Ling Development Area".

He pointed out that because the "Northern Metropolitan Area" includes multiple new development areas such as Kwu Tung North, Fanling North, Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Village, Xintian Lok Ma Chau Hub, and New Territories North New Town, the development area of ​​"New Territories North New Town" It only covers the areas of Heung Yuen Wai, Ping Che, Ta Kwu Ling, Queen’s Hill and Hinosaur Hang, so the "New Territories North New Town" may be confusing to cover the entire northern New Territories. Therefore, it is proposed to be changed to "Ta Kwu Ling Development Area" ".

Liu mentioned that the development area of ​​the "New Territories North New Town" covers Heung Yuen Wai, Ping Che, Queen's Hill and Dinosaur Hang. Districts are similar in scope; while Pingche itself belongs to a village in Taguling Township, and it is hoped that the name change will allow the public to clearly distinguish the scope of the relevant places.

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