Hong Kong receives 16 expressions of interest for Northern Metropolis logistics cluster
A planned logistics cluster in the Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen development area in Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis has received 16 expression-of-interest submissions, the government has said.
Authorities announced on Friday that the 16 submissions came from developers, logistics operators, industry associations and professional services providers, without naming them.
They were signalling interest in a roughly 32-hectare land plot in the Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area that authorities have reserved for building a “modern logistics cluster” in the western part of the Northern Metropolis.
The Transport and Logistics Bureau (TLB) and the Civil Engineering and Development Department oversee this part of the project.
A TLB spokesperson said authorities would start analysing the submissions to facilitate planning and the preparation of a formal tender.
“We expect to invite tenders for the first available site(s) in end [of] 2027 at the earliest, with a view to awarding the relevant tender in 2028,” the spokesperson added.
The Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen logistics cluster will be close to the Shenzhen Bay Port and connected to the Hong Kong International Airport and the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals, the government has said.
Lawmakers on Thursday passed dedicated legislation that will streamline regulatory procedures and expedite the Northern Metropolis development, which is set to transform about a third of Hong Kong’s land area near its border with Shenzhen into an innovation and tech hub.
Authorities have said that the focus of the megaproject will be three university towns – shifting from the previously stated imperative of developing a tech hub known as the San Tin Technopole.
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Hans Tse is a reporter at Hong Kong Free Press with an interest in local politics, academia, and media transformation. He was previously a social science researcher, with writing published in the Social Movement Studies and Social Transformation of Chinese Societies journals. He holds an M.Phil in communication from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Before joining HKFP, he also worked as a freelance reporter for Initium between 2019 and 2021, where he covered the height - and aftermath - of the 2019 protests, as well as the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020.
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