The Government should promote Hong Kong as the premier logistics hub in the region and offer cheaper land to operators at Chek Lap Kok, according to the Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding Agents (Haffa).
Haffa said it cost 60 per cent more to build a logistics centre at Hong Kong's airport than one in Singapore.
'It costs about $800 per square foot to develop a logistics centre at Chek Lap Kok, while it only costs $500 per square foot in Singapore,' Haffa chairman Anthony Lau Siu-wing said.
The Airport Authority has invited expressions of interest to build two logistics centres at Chek Lap Kok.
Companies have until February 28 to submit applications to build one or both centres.
The authority plans to accept tender documents by the end of next month.
The tenders are expected to be returned by July, and contracts should be awarded by the third quarter of next year.