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Part 2 Highlights of 2015-2017 Town Planning Board Report 2015 - 2017 23

Conservation and Development
in Northern Lantau

To ensure the sustainable development in Northern Lantau, different options of land
use had been explored to meeting the housing, environment and economic needs
of Hong Kong.

Further Development of Tung Chung New Town
The Tung Chung New Town Extension Study (the TCNTE Study) commissioned
by the Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) and Planning
Department (PlanD) was completed in 2012 with the overall objective to extend
Tung Chung into a distinct community and propose a development plan which
can meet housing, social, economic, environmental and local needs. The three
OZPs for Tung Chung (Tung Chung Extension Area, Tung Chung Town Centre
Area and Tung Chung Valley) mainly incorporated land use proposals which were
recommended under the TCNTE Study were agreed by the Board on 11 December
2015 and exhibited for public inspection on 8 January 2016. According to the TCNTE
Study, about 49,400 additional flats would be provided and some 40,000 new job
opportunities would be created in the new town extension area. The total population
for Tung Chung New Town and its extension area upon full development would be
about 270,000.

While one of the objectives of the TCNTE was to meet territorial housing and
economic needs, due care had been exercised to ensure that the development be
balanced against environmental considerations. The proposed reclamation would
avoid encroachment onto waters of high ecological value such as Tung Chung Bay
and Tai Ho Wan. An eco-shoreline would be provided along the new seawall to
enhance the ecological functions and facilitate the growth of general marine water
habitat.

Tung Chung Town Centre Area OZP

Planning Scheme of Tung Chung Town Centre Area OZP