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In view of the rapid economic development in
the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area
(Bay Area) and the enormous development
potential that would be brought by major

infrastructure projects, Lantau, being the
confluence of Hong Kong, Macao, the West
PRD and the world, will benefit by an updated
comprehensive development and conservation

strategy providing a sustainable framework to
guide its development.

Reaching half of the world’s population
within five hours’ flying time (Courtesy of
Airport Authority Hong Kong)

The ‘Space for All’, published for public engagement in January 2016 by the Lantau
Development Advisory Committee as its First-term Work Report, was conceived on the basis of
the guiding principle of balanced development and conservation. Having regard to the outcome

of the three-month public engagement, the Government issued the ‘Sustainable Lantau
Blueprint’ (the Blueprint) in June 2017 to provide an updated planning and development
framework for Lantau and contribute to the overall territorial development strategy formulated
23 under ‘Hong Kong 2030+: Towards a Planning Vision and Strategy Transcending 2030’ (Hong

Kong 2030+). The Blueprint was devised based on ‘Development in the North; Conservation
for the South’, an overarching planning principle underlying the Revised Concept Plan for
Lantau.

The Trajectory of Major Planning in Lantau
AnnuAl RepoRt 2018