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Future Development In lantau

new Space For a new era – plannIng our

unIque InherItance wIth a new DImenSIon

Lantau is well endowed with unique and rich natural assets and cultural heritage. It was once a
remote area with a few villages mainly engaged in fishery, farming and salt-panning. Since the
formulation of the first sub-regional development strategy for the South West New Territories

in 2001, the advocacy for striking a balance between conservation and development
in Lantau has been enshrined in subsequent development plans for Lantau, including the
Concept Plan for Lantau and the Revised Concept Plan for Lantau drawn up in 2004 and 2007
respectively.

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Lantau - Past (1992) & Present (2017)

Transport infrastructure and hence connectivity has always been a key shaper in urban
development. Since the promulgation of the Revised Concept Plan for Lantau, major
infrastructures including Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), the Hong Kong

Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) Island and Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL)
have been planned. Upon commissioning of these projects, Lantau will be connected more
directly and efficiently with both Pearl River Delta (PRD) East and West via a comprehensive

highway network, thereby promoting the smooth flow of people, vehicles and goods and
furthering social and economic ties between Hong Kong and the neighbouring areas. Lantau
will become a regional gateway.

AnnuAl RepoRt 2018