With the HK-Macau-Zuhai bridge scheduled for completion in 2016/17 and with the third airport runway at CLK planned for opening in 2023, Lantau is government’s latest strategic initiative for HKSAR’s long term territorial development.

Having an area of 147 sq km or some 1.88 times the size of Hong Kong Island (78 sq km) and bigger than HK Island & Kowloon south combined, Lantau currently has a population of some 100,000 whereas HK Island & Kowloon South combined are housing nearly half of HK’s 7.23 million population and where most of HK’s daily business and commercial activities as well as government functions are conducted.

With housing prices rocketing through the roof, over 260,000 applicants in the waiting list for public rental housing PRH plus some 85,000 households living in unauthorized sub-divided units, and commercial rents being one of the highest amongst major international cities, Hong Kong’s shortage of developable land is nothing but severe.