19 hectares of land reserved for logistics development
The government said on Tuesday that 19 hectares of land have been earmarked for logistics development in the coming four years, to provide a stable supply of affordable land for the industry. Announcing the Action Plan on Modern Logistics Development, transport minister Lam Sai-hung said authorities plan to set aside four sites near the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals to develop multi-storey logistics facilities. Lam also unveiled plans to turn Hung Shui Kiu into a logistics hub, saying a study is now underway to decide how to utilise the 37 hectares of land earmarked for logistics purposes.  "Hung Shui Kiu is a hub for modern services and it will be directly linked to the Qianhai area via the railway that we are now planning," Lam said.  "This is quite a strategic area and the comprehensive planning study will cover many areas, including what sort of services and what sort of requirements for this kind of special services, and also the scale and even some of the impact assessments for example environment, traffic and financial assessments." Permanent Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Mable Chan, added that authorities are doing what it takes to help ease a manpower crunch in the sector.  "We have started the discussion with a number of institutions, including Vocational Training Council, educational institutions like Chinese University of Hong Kong, and even innovative organisations like Cyberport,” she said.  “In the coming year, we will start to plan some pitching events in order to attract young people to join the industry and also to present their more innovative solutions.”