CE: Metropolis to expedite tech develpoment

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Wednesday (Nov. 17) the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a highly innovative framework, within which technology and digitalization will play a major role in bridging gaps and removing barriers.

She made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong International Computer Conference 2021. The theme of the two-day conference is "Emerging Technologies Shaping Our Future in the Greater Bay Area".

Referring to the “groundbreaking measures to fast-track Hong Kong's I&T development” in her latest Policy Address, Lam said, "A particularly far-reaching proposal is to build the Northern Metropolis, which takes up 300 square kilometers of Hong Kong land and it is along the Hong Kong-Shenzhen boundary.”

A particularly far-reaching proposal is to build the Northern Metropolis, which takes up 300 square kilometers of Hong Kong land and it is along the Hong Kong-Shenzhen boundary.

Referring to the "groundbreaking measures to fast-track Hong Kong's I&T development" in her latest Policy Address, Lam said, "A particularly far-reaching proposal is to build the Northern Metropolis, which takes up 300 square kilometers of Hong Kong land and it is along the Hong Kong-Shenzhen boundary."

Along with the Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Zone across the river, it will come together as the Shenzhen-Hong Kong I&T Co-operation Zone – the central engine for the high-powered development of an international innovation and technology hub in the Greater Bay Area, according to the Hong Kong leader.

The Northern Metropolis is expected to provide 650,000 jobs, including 150,000 in the I&T sector, she added.

"The Greater Bay Area's relentless rise will only boost those numbers. Under the Outline Development Plan for the Greater Bay Area, the area will be developed into an international innovation and technology hub, and Hong Kong will play a major part in it. Furthermore, the National 14th Five-Year Plan promulgated in March this year offers clear and compelling support for Hong Kong's development in eight areas," she said.

(With inputs from China Daily)