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The Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities Island (HKBCF Island) is located at the landing point of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) near the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). Its geographical advantage makes it a double gateway that connects to both the Pearl River Delta and the world. To explore the optimum utilisation of the HKBCF Island, the Government commissioned the Planning, Engineering and Architectural Study for Topside Development at the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities Island of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge22 (the Study) in 2015. Logistics development is one of the airport-related industries recommended in the initial stage of the Study. However, the Study was suspended in 2018 when the Government invited the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) to submit a proposal for the development. Five years have passed since the Study was commissioned, but no further progress has been announced by the AAHK or the Government.The developable topside area on the HKBCF Island is about 30 hectares. It is an ideal location to develop as an airport logistics consolidation centre given its proximity to HKIA and HZMB. It can provide seamless logistics services between the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and the world. As the current traffic volume through the HKBCF is still relatively low, we recommend that the AAHK and Government complete and implement the development proposal as soon as possible, taking advantage of the time window for development before traffic volumes hit the level that complicates further development. To support the development of the HKBCF Island as a logistics node, the Government should speed up the planned road and railway infrastructure that improves the connectivity of the HKBCF Island and Airport Island, including the P1 Road, the road corridors linking Lantau with the future artificial islands in the Central Waters and further to Hong Kong Island, and the cross-sea railway connecting Lantau with Tuen Mun West and the future artificial islands in the Central Waters. Such transportation linkages will be the essential support to the development of logistics nodes at the HKBCF as well as at Lung Kwu Tan and Tuen Mun West.Logistics Node 2: Lung Kwu Tan and Tuen Mun West with two development options22 Civil Engineering and Development Department and Planning Department. (2015). ‘Planning, Engineering and Architectural Study for Topside Development at the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities Island of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge’ Stage 1 Public Engagement Digest. 23 The Task Force on Land Supply. (2018, December). Striving for Multi-pronged Land Supply - Report of the Task Force on Land Supply. As recommended by the Report of the Task Force on Land Supply23 in 2018, the Tuen Mun West and Lung Kwu Tan reclamation is worthy of prioritised study and implementation. On the other hand, the Government is looking into the potential of residential development in Tuen Mun West. Given the area across Tuen Mun West and Lung Kwu Tan is at the strategic location between HKIA and Shenzhen Bay Port, with excellent transportation connection through major roads including the Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL), the proposed Tuen Mun Western Bypass (TMWB), the Kong Sham West Highway (KSWH), Route 11 and the potential future Western Coastal Railway Link that connects Tuen Mun South through the future artificial islands in the Central Waters to Hong Kong Island, we recommend two development options for the area in response to the Government’s initiative. It is anticipated that the area of development could provide about 450–590 hectares of land.67