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Industrial Technology Centre's leasable arca

Following is a question by Dr the Hon Huang Chen-ya and a written reply by the Secretary for Trade and Industry. Miss Denise Yue, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday);

Question:

Will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

whether the leasable area of the Hong Kong Industrial Technology Centre has all been committed to tenants; if so, how many enterprises are put on the waiting list; if not, what is the occupancy rate;

(b)

of the total number of tenants in the Centre, together with a breakdown of these tenants by trade and number of employees; and

Reply:

(c)

Mr President,

(a)

(b)

whether there is any plan for the construction of a second industrial technology centre; if so, when will this plan be implemented, whether the second centre will be built on a larger scale than the existing one, and what is the estimated amount of funds involved; if not, whether it will support a joint venture with private developers for the construction of the second centre?

The Technology Centre is 96% leased out. This is broken down into 98% occupancy for regular tenants who pay market rents and form the majority of occupants and 85% for incubatees who pay discounted rents. At present, there is no waiting list for new occupants since the Centre is not yet full. Nevertheless the Centre has received numerous enquiries from companies about taking up the remaining available space. However, since these companies have yet to submit formal applications and indicate their respective space requirements, it is too early to say how many of them will eventually be admitted and accommodated.

There are a total of 33 tenants and 20 incubatees which are classified as

follows: