POLITICS● LOWAug 15 · Aug 15, 2026, 9:30 PM
Hong Kong’s new university town a test of the city’s global ambitions
South China Morning Post
Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis University Town is no longer just a planning concept. After site visits by a university town task force, the government has reportedly absorbed lessons from overseas models, expanded the university town area to more than 1,000 hectares, received 19 proposals from local institutions and moved towards phased site tendering and development. The project has become something more significant: a test of what Hong Kong wants its higher education system to do in a...
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