Pair of Northern Metropolis towns on fast track, Hong Kong development chief says after site visits
- Kwu Tung North and Fanling North will provide public and private housing for about 188,000 residents, with the first batches moving in as soon as 2023
- The process of levelling land for project in Kwu Tung North to be completed by mid-2022, development secretary Michael Wong says
Set to become home to about 188,000 people, the Kwu Tung North and Fanling North developments would get their first batches of private and public housing residents by 2023 and 2026, respectively, Secretary for Development Michael Wong Wai-lun predicted on Sunday.
“When fully completed, about 71,800 housing units will be provided, of which nearly 70 per cent are public housing, accommodating about 188,100 new people (in total),” Wong wrote on his official blog.
He added that the area would also reserve about 868,000 square metres for commercial use, with an eye towards creating more than 40,000 new jobs.
Land developed in the first phase of the project will accommodate about 53,000 people living in 21,000 flats, of which 18,000 are to be public housing units.
Wong said he and members of the Civil Engineering and Development Department had recently made a site visit to Kwu Tung North Area 19, which will provide about 9,000 public housing units and accommodate about 23,000 people.
