Infrastructure featured quite heavily in the policy address by Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam in November 2020 with initiatives on the interlinked topics of land supply, housing and transport infrastructure. The headline features were the use of infrastructure of to drive … Read More
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Tung Chung and Tuen Mun MTR Extensions Given Go Ahead
Additional Stations added to new MTR Extensions will serve new residential developments We first covered the government’s updated Railway Development Strategy 2014 (RDS2014) in our 2017 article. Carrie Lam’s Policy Address in October 2019 identified the fast tracking of New Territories rail lines to service … Read More
Central Kowloon Route
Central Kowloon Route is latest part of Hong Kong’s strategy to tackle congestion Hong Kong leads the world when it comes to the proportion of its workers and residents who use public transport. Not only are 90% of daily commutes … Read More
News Update – Kai Tak Sports Park tender; Opening of Central-Wan Chai Bypass; Land supply task force publishes findings
Kai Tak Sports Park set to begin construction for 2023 opening In previous news round ups we’ve reported on the progress of the Kai Tak Sports Park, the HK$30 billion (US$3.8 billion) sports complex that will occupy the site that … Read More
News update: Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opens; government unveils massive land reclamation plan to address housing crisis
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opens Another landmark Hong Kong transport project – and one in which Contract Dispute Consultants has been actively involved – has officially opened. On the 24th October, Chinese President Xi Jinping formally opened the Hong Kong – … Read More
News round up: The latest news in construction from Hong Kong
The latest news in construction from Hong Kong Historic Hong Kong to Shenzhen high-speed line finally opens September saw the long-awaited opening of the high-speed rail line from West Kowloon to Shenzhen and Guangzhou after eight years of construction. Commuters … Read More
Tentative opening date set for Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) project, one of the largest and most significant construction projects in Asia, is entering its final phase. Multiple media reports in the previous few weeks have indicated that the megabridge, for which construction began in … Read More