{
  "id": 18950291,
  "title": "Hong Kong’s top drama school to stage entrance as university town expands campus",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/hong-kongs-top-drama-school-to-stage-entrance-as-university-town-18950291",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T14:01:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3373709/hong-kongs-top-drama-school-stage-entrance-university-town-expands-campus"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hong Kong's top drama school, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, is set to expand its campus area as the city develops a new university town. The Development Bureau has proposed increasing the campus's size from 40 to 75 hectares, with space reserved for a second campus. This expansion is part of the Northern Metropolis megaproject, which aims to transform 30,000 hectares of land near the border with mainland China into an economic hub and housing area. The university town, which is one of three planned under the megaproject, will be situated in Ta Kwu Ling, a 75-hectare zone earmarked for priority development. The expanded campus area will include 10 land parcels along the Ping Yuen and Shenzhen rivers. The bureau stated that about seven hectares of land will be reserved for the second campus, which has not been specified. The expansion aims to promote Hong Kong as an international post-secondary education hub and a cradle for high-calibre international talent. The development of the university town will also support emerging and traditional industries, as well as future needs. Shared facilities such as libraries, sports grounds, performance venues, laboratories, and student and staff quarters will be developed on the campus site. The land resumption and clearance for the expansion are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2028, with site formation works to follow later that year. The first residents are projected to move in by 2035, with parts of the campus site possibly formed by 2030.",
  "summary": "Hong Kong is set to nearly double the campus area of one of three university towns planned for the Northern Metropolis to 75 hectares, with space reserved for a second campus for the city’s only public institution specialising in performing arts. According to a paper submitted to North District Council by the Development Bureau and picked up by the media over the weekend, the campus area of Ta…",
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}