Hong Kong's first five-year plan puts the Northern Metropolis at its heart. It is built around "one town, five elements": education, technology, industry, talent and urban development. Finance in the south, innovation in the north.
First, education. Three university towns anchor the plan: San Tin, Hung Shui Kiu and Ta Kwu Ling. San Tin focuses on medicine, AI and robotics. Hung Shui Kiu builds smart manufacturing talent, with land offered this year. Ta Kwu Ling mixes arts with blue-green nature. The whole plan covers over 1,000 hectares.
Second, technology. The Loop Hong Kong Park is already open. San Tin Technopole is the core, and the Sandy Ridge Data Facility Cluster powers AI computing.
Third, industry. Modern logistics, the Lau Fau Shan Digital Technology Hub, advanced construction in Yuen Long South, and emerging-industry space in Ta Kwu Ling.
Fourth, talent. The plan pushes a Chinese mainland model: industry sets needs, universities do research, results go straight to firms, and graduates get hired. Research postgraduate places will rise by 30 percent.
Fifth, urban development. Over the next five years, the Northern Metropolis will deliver about 900 hectares of spade-ready sites, over 70,000 homes and one million square metres of floor space. Bigger flats of about 45 square metres or more will rise from 20 to 25 percent. The Northern Link and the San Tin Section of the Northern Metropolis Highway open by 2034; the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Rail Link by 2035. Kwu Tung Station opens in 2027, and Hung Shui Kiu Station in 2030. A new Northern Metropolis Development Bill will speed up approvals.
In short, education, technology, industry, talent, and urban development, all in one town. The Northern Metropolis is about giving Hong Kong's young people a place to stay, grow and build the future together with the country.
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