The Unitary Police Service (SPU) announced in a statement yesterday that 10 new cameras of the police forces’ citywide CCTV surveillance system have come into operation in the Zone A new urban area, raising the total number of cameras in the system to 1,711.
The 10 new cameras are the first ones installed in the 1.38-square-kilometre land reclamation area.
Zone A, a new land reclamation area primarily being developed for public housing projects, is located between the peninsula’s north-eastern coast and the man-made island where the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Macau checkpoint is located.
Construction of the first three subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) estates in Zone A was completed in 2024, comprising a total of 3,017 flats.
The government started in September last year to allow those who had chosen and purchased their flats to move into the three estates, namely Tong Seng Building (東城大廈) comprising four blocks on plot B4, Tong Chong Building (東創大廈) comprising two blocks on plot B9, and Tong Kai Building (東啟大廈) comprising two blocks on plot B10.
Yesterday’s SPU statement said that the 10 new cameras have been installed in areas around the three HOS estates, namely Tong Seng Building, Tong Chong Building, and Tong Kai Building.
This undated handout photo released by the Unitary Police Service (SPU) yesterday shows a camera of the police forces’ citywide CCTV surveillance system newly installed in Zone A.
