The invitation for the expressions of interest for the three pilot areas of large-scale land disposal in Northern Metropolis closed today, with the Development Bureau receiving a total of 22 submissions.

The three pilot areas are the Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area, Fanling North New Development Area and San Tin Technopole.

The enterprises/organisations making the submissions include local and Mainland developers, contractors, conglomerates and an e-commerce logistics company.

The bureau will immediately consolidate and analyse the collected feedback to determine the area, development parameters, works requirements and financial arrangements for the pilot areas to finalise the tender details and conditions.

As the feedback involves commercially sensitive information from individual enterprises, the bureau said relevant views will be duly reflected in the tender conditions in due course as appropriate.

The bureau added that it will take forward the three pilot areas at full steam, with a view to commencing the tendering work progressively from the second half of this year to next year.