The government expects that half of the 1,600 hectares of brownfield land will be taken back for redevelopment, but many of the land is land for the logistics industry. Some affected users have indicated that it is difficult to find land to relocate on their own, and they are facing a crisis of closure. L".
Yi Zhiming, member of the Legislative Council of the shipping and transportation sector, led representatives of the logistics industry to hold a press conference today (7th), urging the government to find alternative land for the industry, suspend land resumption plans, and formulate medium- and long-term logistics policies and development blueprints.
According to the government's plan, the second phase of large-scale land resumption will be launched next year. Yi Zhiming emphasized that the logistics industry is one of the pillar industries of Hong Kong's economy. Once the logistics chain is broken, it will be difficult to rebuild. The authorities cannot solve the problem only by compensation. Deferring land resumption and looking for land for the relocation of the industry.
Lu Songxiong, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, also emphasized that while the government is actively looking for land to build houses, the employment problem cannot be ignored.
Lin Haida, a representative of the industry and chairman of the Association of Container Vehicle Owners, said that in recent years, the demand for storage of high-value-added goods has increased sharply, resulting in a sharp rise in warehouse rents in Kwai Tsing. The traditional logistics warehouse industry can only relocate to brownfield sites in the New Territories to reduce costs and maintain competitiveness. .
He estimates that the rent of warehouses in Kwai Tsing District is 2.6 times that of brownfields. If operators are forced to leave brownfields, it will be difficult to survive.
HNA Logistics Zhiwei also said that the area of a large warehouse can reach more than 100,000 square feet. It is very difficult for warehouse logistics operators to find alternative land, and the relevant logistics industry and warehouses must rely on the cooperation of relevant land crossing ports, wharves and airports to survive. Request to suspend the land resumption plan for Hung Shui Kiu and Ha Tsuen.
Runxin Logistics Management Yang Zhaolin pointed out that the government has notified brownfield business operators to move out one after another from 2023 to mid-2024, but the first batch of multi-storey industrial buildings that can be used for resettlement will not be launched until 2027 at the earliest, which has not been compatible with some brownfields. Groundworkers operate in line.
He was disappointed and dissatisfied that the government did not provide measures to assist the industry, and the industry could only find another land to relocate on its own. He suggested that some places should be taken back in order to allow operators enough time to reset their businesses and continue their operations.
Liu Guoxun, member of the Legislative Council of the DAB, emphasized that the government should provide one-stop support, and proposed to include a one-for-one replacement policy to review and develop green land and abandoned agricultural land for support. He pointed out that only 10% of the existing 16,000 hectares of green land in Hong Kong should be allocated It will be able to accommodate all logistics brownfield operators.
The Liberal Party Li Zhenqiang also suggested that the authorities can use the northern metropolitan area or the artificial island of Kau Yi Chau to build a logistics industrial park, so as to achieve "resettlement first, land recovery later" and ensure the survival space of the industry.
In the next four years, 200 hectares of brownfields will be acquired. The government will announce a list of resettlement sites next year: can be transferred to agricultural land and take back brownfields, facing relocation difficulties Completion of land requisitioned garages expected to be seamlessly handed over, resettlement of brownfield operations, multi-storey industrial building site selection, proposed to be handed over to developers to bid for construction, preferential rent