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Tseung Kwan O is the seventh new town in Hong Kong. The Executive Council approved the development of Tseung Kwan O into a new town in 1982.
Tseung Kwan O is located at the southern part of Sai Kung District in the South East New Territories (SENT). The new town is built mainly by reclaiming Tseung Kwan O Bay and formation of platforms on both sides of a long narrow inlet. Tseung Kwan O has been fast expanding since its first population intake in 1988 in the public housing estates in Po Lam and Tsui Lam, turning a small fishing village and ship building industrial area in the 1960s to a major new community of about 350 000 people today. The total development area of Tseung Kwan O is about 1738 hectares for a planned population of 450 000.
Currently, transport need of the new town is well served by road transport via Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, Po Lam Road and Clear Water Bay Road, and the MTR Tseung Kwan O Extension commissioned in August 2002.
The grade-separated interchange at the junction of Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Road/ Po Shun Road/ Wan Po Road substantially completed in December 2005 provides significant improvement to traffic using Tseung Kwan O Tunnel. Further external road link under planning is the Tseung Kwan O ¡V Lam Tin Tunnel.
The Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, covering about 86 hectares of land and enjoying marine frontage, is located in the northern part of Tai Chik Sha in the southeastern part of the new town. Reclamation and servicing work were completed in 1997. About 104 hectares of land has been formed in Tai Chik Sha south of Fat Tong Chau and is currently planned for industrial use including potentially hazardous industries.
A feasibility study on the further development in Tseung Kwan O started in mid 2002 and was completed in 2005. The study proposals were presented to the public and received general support of the public. Planning for implementing the supporting infrastructure is under way.
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