URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Reclamation

Before Apleichau was developed into a dense community, the local fishing village had been marginalised due to the launch of a power station by Hongkong Electric in 1968, as to provide electricity for Hong Kong Island. The construction could not be finished without a huge scale of reclamation all around Yuk Kwai Shan, as to provide more land for the power station construction as well as the public housing estate construction. As a result, the coastline of Apleichau we see today has been manipulated due to the reclamation, while the power station was closed in 1989 and re-developed into the high-rise accommodation estate South Horizons.

Public Housing Estate

Aside from reclamation along the seashore, the mountain was also excavated for providing more housing in response to the rapid economic development and soaring population during the 1980s, and also to accommodate fishermen who had suffered in a fire at the Aberdeen typhoon shelter. Ap Lei Chau Estate, completed in 1982, was the first public housing estate on Apleichau and located along the northern coastline. It is then followed by Lei Tung Estate and Yue On Court which were inaugurated in 1987 and 1988 respectively, replacing the previous Lei Tung Temporary Housing Area and forming new neighbourhoods on Apleichau stably till today.