{"slug": "singapore-firms-keen-to-tap-northern-metropolis-massive-potential-envoy-says", "title": "Singapore firms keen to tap Northern Metropolis’ ‘massive potential’, envoy says", "summary": "Singapore's consul general to Hong Kong, Eric Teo Boon Hee, said Singaporean firms are keen to explore opportunities in Hong Kong's 30,000-hectare Northern Metropolis development, particularly in AI, biotech, and other research areas, following a visit by Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in March. Teo said business chambers in Singapore are planning study trips to the area to assess its potential.", "body_md": "# ExclusiveSingapore firms keen to tap Northern Metropolis’ ‘massive potential’, envoy says\n\nConsul general says businesses see potential in AI, biotech and other research opportunities in the 30,000-hectare development\n\n[Northern Metropolis](https://www.scmp.com/topics/northern-metropolis?module=inline&pgtype=article)megaproject after the country’s prime minister visited the site earlier this year, its top envoy to the city has said.\n\nIn an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post, Singapore’s consul general to Hong Kong, Eric Teo Boon Hee, said the country’s business chambers were considering fact-finding missions to explore opportunities in the 30,000-hectare development.\n\n[visit](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3348166/singapore-explore-opportunities-hong-kongs-northern-metropolis-lawrence-wong?module=inline&pgtype=article)in March, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong toured the 87-hectare Hong Kong park of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone.\n\nThe park forms part of the wider Northern Metropolis scheme, the centrepiece of Hong Kong’s long-term development strategy. The plan will transform land near the border with mainland China into what authorities hope will become a new engine of economic growth and a housing hub.\n\n“The prime minister’s visit to the Northern Metropolis generated much interest in Singapore among some of the companies, and now they are interested to come and take a look,” Teo said, adding that the consulate was encouraging firms to visit.\n\n“I know that the business chambers in Singapore are now planning to have study trips to come to the Northern Metropolis in the near future to explore these potential opportunities.”", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/singapore-firms-keen-to-tap-northern-metropolis-massive-potential-envoy-says", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3365744/singapore-firms-keen-tap-northern-metropolis-massive-potential-envoy-says?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-08-31 02:00:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-31 02:22:33.761438+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Eric Teo Boon Hee", "Lawrence Wong", "Northern Metropolis", "Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone", "Singapore", "Hong Kong"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/singapore-firms-keen-to-tap-northern-metropolis-massive-potential-envoy-says", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/singapore-firms-keen-to-tap-northern-metropolis-massive-potential-envoy-says.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/singapore-firms-keen-to-tap-northern-metropolis-massive-potential-envoy-says.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/singapore-firms-keen-to-tap-northern-metropolis-massive-potential-envoy-says.jsonld"}}