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What is the approved budget of Hong Kong — South Island Line — South Island Line (East)?

The South Island Line (East) is the 7 km MTR rapid transit line in Hong Kong from Admiralty to South Horizons with five stations (Admiralty, Ocean Park, Wong Chuk Hang, Lei Tung and South Horizons), 71 percent in tunnel, with the project agreements signed on 18 May 2011, drilling of the Nam Fung Tunnel beginning in August 2012 and service starting on 28 December 2016, a year after the originally planned 2015 opening. The Marron Institute's Transit Costs Project lists its cost at 16.9 billion Hong Kong dollars, a figure also in a South China Morning Post headline on the opening.