What are the Hong Kong government's development plans for Tin Shui Wai?
Tin Shui Wai (about 430 hectares) has risen in the north-western New Territories as Hong Kong's eighth new town. Built on land reclaimed from low lying areas off Deep Bay, the initial Development Zone (220 hectares) now houses about 200,000 people as an integrated and balanced community.
The area of about 210 hectares to the north in the Reserve Zone has been further developed, and construction of the engineering infrastructure to service the Reserve Zone is in progress. The population of Tin Shui Wai new town is expected to increase from 245,000 in 2003 to about 305,000 by 2011.
At present the new town is served by the Light Rail Transit which is being extended to cover the Reserve Zone and to link with the KCRC West Rail Station being constructed at Tin Fuk Road for completion by end-2003.
Construction of over 60 hectares of wetlands to the north-east of the Tin Shui Wai Reserve Zone is in progress and is scheduled for completion in 2003. The wetland is being provided as an ecological mitigation measure for the land formation of the Reserve Zone and will form a buffer between the new town and the Ramsar site at Mai Po Marshes. The Hong Kong Wetland Park project is the first of its kind in Hong Kong and will provide a range of fresh and salt-water habitats for establishing wildlife. Phase 1 of the project, providing an Exhibition Pavilion, has already been completed. Phase 2 includes an Outdoor Park with a Visitor Center and associated facilities. The park, scheduled to be completed by end-2005, is expected to become an attraction for local and overseas tourists.
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