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(Figure 28) Aerial shot of the junction of Sung Wong Toi Road and To Kwa Wan Road, Ma Tau Kok

In September 2014, the Government stated its
intention to rezone the site from a bigger CDA
site to a standalone public housing site. It is
expected that via such a rezoning, the site could
be developed faster. The rezoning process
started eight months later in May 2015 and was
completed in April 2016.
However, the site was not developed immediately
after the rezoning process was completed. Of
the three government buildings that were on
the site, the residential quarter and the carpark
from EMSD were already vacated. However, the
clearance of the animal management centre was
still outstanding. Back in 2017, it was planned
to be relocated to Kai Tak by 2022, but the
relocation plan was further delayed into 2023 as
discussed by the District Council in 2019.
While there had been obstacles in clearing the land for public housing development, separately in July 2019, the Lok Sin Tong
Benevolent Society, a charity organisation, identified a major portion of the site and applied for a short-term tenancy for the
purpose of transitional housing. If Lok Sin Tong’s plan is successful, the planned transitional housing project will be able to
provide approximately 100 transitional housing units in 2021.

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