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Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor laid down the blueprint for the Northern Metropolis in her 2021 policy address. The scheme, repackaged and expanded from an existing new town plan, involves the development of an IT hub in northern New Territories near the border with mainland China, construction of up to 186,000 homes and a new cross-border railway linking the city to the Qianhai economic zone in Shenzhen.
The plan, which would take 20 years to deliver, is seen as a major strategic change for development, moving the city's centre away from Hong Kong Island to the north, to integrate the city into the latest national development plan.
As many as 19 Hong Kong education institutions are interested in joining an ambitious mega development, the Northern Metropolis, on land close to the border with mainland China.
As the city government pushes ahead with the Northern Metropolis development, the need to strike an environmental balance has become all the more important.
Relaxed conditions on land exchanges should boost Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis project and extension of land premium scheme is also welcome.
- Garden duplexes, priced from HK$11.3 to HK$12.8 million, carry discounts of as much as 32 per cent
- #Lyos was at the vanguard of the proliferation of Hong Kong’s so-called nano flats, tiny units measuring less than 300 sq ft
Improved connectivity set to benefit residents in Northern Metropolis towns, offering alternatives to sometimes lengthy road commutes.
Source says firm to consider withdrawing its land exchange applications for border project unless negotiation time for premium extended and commercial sites reduced.
The mixed-use project, close to Fanling and Sheung Shui, will include a residential component with some 2,000 flats. It will cover 150,000 sq ft and will have a total buildable floor area of over 1 million sq ft.
Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, Greenpeace and the Conservancy Association say abandoned fish ponds in area earmarked for tech hub still have ecological value.
HKU plans to offer joint programmes with overseas institutions and take in more non-local students at hub, the Post learns.
The Advisory Council on the Environment has unanimously endorsed the environmental impact assessment report on the San Tin Technopole with eight conditions.
The Post examines green groups’ concerns about San Tin Technopole ahead of crucial meeting of government environmental advisers on Monday.
Education Bureau says one academic institution wants to set up international branch to offer self-financed joint programmes with top overseas university partners.
Legislators call for shake-up after series of voltage dips in recent months resulted in hundreds of people becoming trapped in lifts.
Readers discuss Hong Kong’s plans for an information and technology zone at the northern border, the proposed monthly firework displays, crowds on a bus route popular with tourists, and the need for a better strategy to promote the city.
President Alexander Wai says university will move campus to academic town in Northern Metropolis after governing body agrees ‘in principle’ to plan.
InvestHK head of business and professional services Herman Tse Yu-man says more foreign investments are expected in the coming year.
Development chief Bernadette Linn also says Lantau Tomorrow Vision reclamation works delay will not upset wider strategy to provide 410,000 homes over next 10 years.
PolyU chief says 2.5 million population of Northern Metropolis will need a hospital, highlights university’s strengths in healthcare and artificial intelligence.
Announcement of delay to artificial islands mega project made amid city’s expected fourth deficit exceeding HK$100 billion in five years.
Readers discuss where Hong Kong’s development priorities should lie this year, and a football match that lifted spirits
Legco hears evaluation study on east-west link in New Territories expected to take 38 months and cost HK$1.13 billion.
Baptist University president says it would be prepared to move all or part of its campus from prime Kowloon Tong site to Northern Metropolis.
The loss in park space includes 90 hectares of fish ponds to be filled for the San Tin Technopole project, a development aimed at attracting tech firms to Hong Kong.
Development minister Bernadette Linn says authorities considering outsourcing part of project to private developers as way to reduce financial burden on government.
Development officials lay out details of funding appeal at Legislative Council for 263-hectare second phase of Hung Shui Kiu-Ha Tsuen project.
‘We think the government’s ‘development first, conservation later’ approach is not a matter of priority, but a revolving door for destruction,’ campaigner says.
Standard rates to be applied to Hong Kong’s New Territories farmland to speed up housing land acquisition and housing development.
