The Government announced today (February 13) that part of the former community isolation and treatment facilities site at the Loop will be released to facilitate the development of Phase 1 of the Hong Kong Park under the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Co-operation Zone, as well as the construction of the planned railway station of the Northern Link Spur Line at the Loop and the nearby connecting roads. Detailed arrangements are as follows:
 
1. The Government will transfer the isolation facilities on a site of approximately 3.6 hectares at the eastern end of the Loop for site formation works, such that the site can be released in mid-2026 for the construction of a sewage treatment works, a fire station and an ambulance depot. These facilities will meet the sewage treatment, fire and ambulance service needs of Phase 1 of the Hong Kong Park under the Co-operation Zone. The Government will commence the tendering of relevant construction works progressively; and 

2. The Government will gradually transfer the temporary storage facilities, temporary sewage treatment facilities and underground power cables on a site of approximately 4.2 hectares in the middle portion of the Loop, with a view to releasing the site from March 2027 to facilitate the construction of the planned railway station of the Northern Link Spur Line at the Loop and the nearby connecting roads.

     To align with the principle of maximising the use of facilities constructed with the support of the Central Government, the Government will, consistent with previous practices, retain the facilities removed from both sites as far as practicable and deliver them to suitable locations for reconfiguration and reuse in a timely manner. This includes repurposing them as site offices and ancillary facilities, such as staff rest rooms, material storage rooms, and more, for government works projects.
      
     In January 2024, the Government announced the release of an approximately 5-hectare community isolation facility site at the southern end of the Loop for the construction of the first batch of five buildings under Phase 1 of the Hong Kong Park. The construction of the buildings is under way. In addition, the Government announced in March 2025 the release of a 14-hectare community isolation facility site at the western end of the Loop. Relevant site formation works have been completed to align with the construction of the remaining batch of Phase 1 of the Hong Kong Park. 

Ends/Friday, February 13, 2026
Issued at HKT 15:00

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