Hong Kong’s university towns in the Northern Metropolis are designed to attract the world’s finest students and scholars, the city’s leader has said at a global education summit, with overseas institutions expressing interest and calling for incentives to enter into partnerships.
Lawmakers have urged the government to increase the loan quota to help institutions meet their urgent need to raise funds for campus construction.
Speaking at the Global University Presidents and Leaders Summit on Tuesday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said the government would invite institutions to establish basic research institutes and shared research platforms, such as high-performance computing centres, joint laboratories and interdisciplinary research centres, in the three university towns located near the mainland Chinese border.