A university town will be home to Hong Kong’s biggest public hospital with 3,000 beds, serving a population of at least 32,000 people and supporting the city’s third medical school, with the first batch of residents moving to the area by 2034. The release of details on Wednesday about the new town in Ngau Tam…
Beijing is worried that Hong Kong developers’ tepid response to local megaprojects may further erode investor confidence and this was why a top central government official took on the task of cajoling the private sector on behalf of city authorities, political analysts have said. Economic and property specialists said the central government’s “explicit” call to…
Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs has called on property tycoons to back the government’s long-term development drives such as the Northern Metropolis by actively bidding for the projects involved, the city’s development minister has said. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho on Saturday revealed the appeals by Xia Baolong, director of the Hong…
A debate between an ex-leader of Hong Kong and the current chief executive over land supply shows no signs of dying down, with the former urging the government to provide more comprehensive details of its planning for future development. Wednesday’s volley by former city leader Leung Chun-ying came a day after Chief Executive John Lee…
Hong Kong authorities aim to sell the first sizeable site under the Northern Metropolis next year in a bid to encourage the private sector to expedite development of the megaproject in the northern New Territories, a minister has said. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho also hinted on Sunday that the government could separately sell…
A consultant commissioned by the Hong Kong government has recommended that authorities prioritise the creation of the 338-hectare (835-acre) Sam Po Shue wetland park as it establishes conservation areas in the Northern Metropolis, while warning that two of three other parks in the area may be smaller than expected. The report, released by the Agriculture,…
Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying has raised concerns about the risks of oversupply in the property market after the government pledged to add more housing units from new large-scale development areas. “For now, there is a shortage of land and housing supply in Hong Kong, but in the future, more supply is not always…
Hong Kong lawmakers have questioned a government proposal to build a HK$700 million (US$90 million) exhibition hall at a prime site to showcase major development projects including the Northern Metropolis. They also urged the government on Tuesday to lower the cost of the first-stage development of the San Tin Technopole, a hub near the border…
I’m not sure if I am supposed to say this, but I found Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s latest policy address interesting. It was comprehensive, covered a lot of ground and was quite detailed in places, especially with regard to economic development. I have one or two quibbles, of course, but overall it was a…
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu delivered his third policy address on October 16. As expected, he opened with an iteration of Beijing’s expectations of Hong Kong and the city’s institutional strengths under “one country, two systems”, plus the completion of its constitutional duty to enact national security legislation. Though economic competitiveness was not…