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And so he might be. With plans first unveiled almost four years ago and a detailed “action agenda” released two years ago, there is still barely any concrete evidence of its existence. It is intended to transform 30,000 hectares (about a third of Hong Kong’s land area), adding 500,000 homes so the area can accommodate a population of up to 2.5 million from the current 980,000, and creating about 650,000 more jobs, from just 134,000 now.
The Northern Metropolis, with a price tag of around HK$225 billion (US$28.93 billion), is by far Hong Kong’s largest project since the 1950s New Town building programme. It is set to transform the massive green lung separating Hong Kong from Shenzhen.
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