Unveiled: designs for Hong Kong's largest shopping complex, slated next to airport Terminal 2
Complex beside Terminal 2 will cater to both locals and tourists, airport board chairman says
Outgoing Airport Authority board chairman Vincent Lo Hong-sui yesterday unveiled preliminary designs for the city's largest shopping complex, to be built next to Terminal 2.
Lo said contracts for the mall's first phase of development would be put up for tender later this year. Phase one consists of a hotel and retail centre with two million square feet of floor space over five hectares of land. The site, to be called the North Commercial District, is between Terminal 2 and AsiaWorld-Expo.
"The shopping mall will not simply be duty-free stores or outlets. It will feature local shops and elements such as dai pai dong, where tourists and local families can spend a whole day," said Lo, who will take up a new position as chairman of the Trade Development Council next month.
He pledged the 14-hectare shopping complex, expected to be complete in three years, would entertain both local families and tourists brought in via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.
He said the project would be unaffected by the decision on whether to build a third runway at the airport.
He was asked if the mall would sell baby milk formula, to which he replied it would be left to businesses to decide.
