Five-Year Plan: First of 3 planned university towns to see institutions move in by 2027/28
Hong Kong will support higher education institutions moving into the first of three planned university towns in its sprawling Northern Metropolis by 2027/28, leader John Lee has said in the city’s first Five-Year Plan speech. Chief Executive John Lee said on Wednesday that the government will begin site allocation for the Hung Shui Kiu University […]
Hong Kong's leader, John Lee, announced on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 that the government will begin allocating sites for the first of three planned university towns in the Northern Metropolis. This move is part of a five-year plan to develop the region into a tech hub, with the first university town, Hung Shui Kiu, set to see institutions move in by 2027/28.
The three university towns, which will be around 300 hectares each, will be connected to strategic industry areas, natural conservation zones, and recreational facilities. The Hung Shui Kiu site will serve as a "cultivation centre for smart manufacturing, applied post-secondary education, and internationalised talent," while the other two towns will focus on different sectors such as medicine, life technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, microelectronics, arts, and "blue-green development elements."
The Northern Metropolis project, which covers 30,000 hectares of land near the border with mainland China, aims to create a thriving tech hub that enhances Hong Kong's integration with Shenzhen. The government has also announced an increase in loan quota to HK$10 billion as seed capital to support university town developments.
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