The Lok Ma Chau Loop is a 96-hectare site created by the straightening in the 1990s of the Shenzhen River, which marks Hong Kong's border with the mainland. The two sides have agreed to develop 87 hectares of the site.
Last year, Hong Kong and Shenzhen agreed on developing higher education as the leading use of the Loop. It will also include hi-tech research and development facilities, and creative industries.
Consultations with the public, the Legislative Council, Heung Yee Kuk, district councils, local communities and environmental groups will also be conducted.
The government promised that the study would not affect the environment or heritage sites.
The development and individual projects such as roads and sewage pumping stations would require an environmental impact assessment. In addition, a heritage impact assessment would also be conducted to cover all monuments and historic sites that the Antiquities and Monuments Office identified.
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