Hong Kong needs 10 to 15 years to make tech dreams a reality, innovation chief says
- Time needed to build infrastructure necessary to sustain new ‘technopole’ in San Tin, with feasibility study set for next year to begin the process
- The massive new IT hub will create synergies by allowing numerous labs to work more collaboratively, Alfred Sit says
Hong Kong’s ambitious plans to develop new technology clusters near the border will take 10 to 15 years to come to fruition, the city’s innovation chief has said, with a feasibility study for the proposed San Tin Technopole due to start next year.
A key focus of the drive is the development of a “technopole” – a cluster of hi-tech and information-based companies – in San Tin. The planned home of a health technology research hub, it will be located in the Lok Ma Chau Loop, near the border with mainland China.
“In the span of 10 to 15 years, we will push to build more infrastructure. The development of the San Tin Technopole and the eastern corridor will also be based on that timetable,” Sit said, referring to the eastern part of the New Territories where the Science Park is located.
A preparation study for the San Tin site, done in conjunction with the Development Bureau, would begin next year, he added.