Logistics firms eye artificial island at HK-Zhuhai-Macau bridge
A planned artificial island at the border crossing of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge should set aside land for logistics facilities, industry insiders have proposed.
A planned artificial island at the border crossing of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge should set aside land for logistics facilities, industry insiders have proposed.
On top of hosting checkpoint facilities, the island was to create a "bridgehead economy", according to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's vision outlined in his January policy address.
Yesterday, logistics businesses expressed hope of being part of that development.
"Manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta have bypassed Hong Kong. We hope the bridge will bring opportunities back to Hong Kong's logistics industry," Institute of Purchasing and Supply chairman Timothy Lam Ping-wah said.
Wong Yiu-man, technical director of BPS Global, added: "The border crossing will be connected to Tuen Mun by the Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok link, leading to the Shenzhen Bay border crossing and further to Qianhai. It is a very strategic location. If a small part of the island can be deployed for storage facilities, this can be of big contribution."