Northern Metropolis: Hong Kong homes flattened for HK$224 billion high-tech hub
Chan Yuk-tong hoped to spend his remaining years in the row of small, blue-brick houses where he was born and raised, but the 71-year-old’s Hong Kong village home will soon be bulldozed to make way for a vast tech hub. An area roughly a third of Hong Kong including villages, natural wetlands and farmland is […]
In Hong Kong's northern New Territories, a village home where 71-year-old Chan Yuk-tong was born and raised faces demolition. The move is part of a vast tech hub called the "Northern Metropolis," which aims to transform a third of the island into a high-tech, 2.5 million-strong urban center. The project, expected to cost HK$224 billion (US$28.6 billion), could generate over HK$360 billion in return, with the government claiming it will account for 13 percent of Hong Kong's GDP.
However, environmental and social groups warn that the ambitious development will destroy existing wildlife and communities. Only time will tell if the Northern Metropolis lives up to its promise of becoming a Silicon Valley-like hub in Hong Kong.
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