By 1972, an ambitious public housing programme promised that affordable homes would be created for 1.8 million citizens, or about 45% of the entire population at that time. This would be achieved through the building of new towns in the New Territories and many high-rise estates in Kowloon, including those in the neighbourhoods of Wong Tai Sin, Tsz Wan Shan and Wang Tau Hom that sit directly beneath Lion Rock.