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| No.6 December, 2012 |
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Hong Kong Developments |
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 Hong Kong is certainly alive with the sound of progress with various major infrastructure projects in full swing.
These include the 29.6-kilometre Hong Kong‐Zhuhai‐Macao Bridge, due for completion in 2016, and the 140-kilometre Guangzho-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, which will connect Hong Kong to the high‐speed rail network in Mainland China by 2015.
 In March, a consortium was awarded the right to operate and manage the new Kai Tak cruise terminal due to open mid‐2013. At the same time, a design competition was launched for one of the first landmark buildings (i.e. the Chinese Opera Centre) in the 40‐hectare West Kowloon Cultural District, the largest cultural project in Hong Kong to date.
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, a 29.6 km dual 3-lane carriageway in the form of bridge-cum-tunnel structure being situated at the waters of Lingdingyang of Pearl River Estuary, is a large sea crossing linking the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Zhuhai City of Guangdong Province and Macao Special Administrative Region. It consists of a Main Bridge in Mainland waters together with the boundary crossing facilities and link roads within the three places. The functions of the Bridge are to meet the demand of passenger and freight land transport among Hong Kong, the Mainland (particularly the region of Pearl River West) and Macao, to establish a new land transport link between the east and west banks of the Pearl River, and to enhance the economic and sustainable development of the three places. The Main Bridge, Hong Kong Link Road and Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities are expected to complete in 2016.
The Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Express Rail Link, or XRL) runs from West Kowloon in Hong Kong to the boundary of Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The Express Rail Link will connect with the 16,000-km National High-speed Railway Network and will enhance Hong Kong's role as the southern gateway to the Mainland. Construction of the Express Rail Link commenced in January 2010, with completion targeted for 2015.
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