Tung Chung/Tai Ho

Hong Kong's ninth new town now taking shape on the northern shore of
Lantau Island is designed as a supporting community for the new airport
at Chek Lap Kok. The new town will be developed on about 830 hectares
of land based on modern international standards, with residential,
industrial and commercial developments and all the necessary supporting
infrastructure.

The new town will comprise two urban development areas at Tung
Chung and Tai Ho, with a total target population of 320 000 by 2011. The
Tung Chung town centre will be the retail, commercial and cultural core
of the new town. Land will be reserved at Siu Ho Wan for major utilities,
including a water treatment works, a sewage treatment works, railway
depot and a refuse transfer station.

The new town will be developed in phases. Phase 1 was included in the
Airport Core Programme and was substantially completed in mid-1997 to
accommodate about 20 000 residents at Tung Chung. Construction of the
first stage of the North Lantau sewage collection, treatment and disposal
system was completed. Site formation and infrastructure works for the
Phase 2 development are in progress. A comprehensive feasibility study is
looking at new targets for the completion of Phase 3 in 2006 and the
fourth phase by 2011.

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