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19 Hong Kong educational institutions signal interest in opening up in new Northern Metropolis academic town

  • Education Bureau says one wants to set up international branch to offer self-financed joint programmes with top overseas university partners
  • Bureau makes no promises, but says it is ‘comprehensively considering’ proposals and will develop new academic town ‘in phases’

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The Shenzhen area and the border with Hong Kong from Robin’s Nest, part of the area earmarked for major redevelopment. Photo: Martin Chan
William YiuandElizabeth Cheung
Nineteen Hong Kong educational institutions have submitted proposals to build facilities in a new academic town near the border with mainland China, including one that is seeking to set up an international branch to provide self-financed joint programmes with top overseas universities for city residents and others.
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The government added it planned to strengthen the “Study in Hong Kong” brand through the development of the Northern Metropolis University Town, an idea outlined in Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s policy address last October.

Several universities earlier submitted plans to the government for operations in the new academic town after an invitation to express an interest.

The Education Bureau, which did not name the institutions involved, revealed the major proposals in a paper submitted to the legislature on Wednesday.

Baptist University has said it would consider moving entirely or in part from its Kowloon Tong site to the new academic town near the border with the mainland. Photo: Winson Wong
Baptist University has said it would consider moving entirely or in part from its Kowloon Tong site to the new academic town near the border with the mainland. Photo: Winson Wong
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