Policy Address

Develop a World-leading Airport City

69. The Government will plan with the AAHK for expanding the scale of the Airport City by more than double, building a new, world-leading landmark in the bay area among the Airport Island, the Hong Kong Port Island of the HZMB and Tung Chung East New Town. New projects will be developed to promote high-end commercial, tourist and leisure activities. These include creating an ecosystem for the arts industry, building the AsiaWorld-Expo Phase 2, developing a yacht bay with ancillary facilities, opening a food market for imported fresh food and providing more public spaces.

Expand Cargo Capacity through the GBA and Enhance Advantages of the Air Cargo Industry

70. The AAHK is pressing ahead in full steam with the innovative development of a sea-air intermodal cargo-transhipment mode in collaboration with Dongguan. The initial stage of first-phase construction for the permanent logistics park in Dongguan, the HKIA Dongguan Logistics Park, will be completed by the end of next year, and the cargo-handling capacity will progressively reach one million tonnes per annum. Advance planning will be made to commence the second-phase development, introducing more high value-added logistics, cross-boundary e-commerce and courier service facilities.

71. The Government will extend arrangements under the Air Transhipment Cargo Exemption Scheme to other intermodal cargo-transhipment modes to boost competitiveness.