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Transport

Logistics Industry

The government provides the necessary infrastructure and facilitation for Hong Kong's logistics sector to grow. It also promotes closer co-operation with the Mainland, in particular the Pearl River Delta region, to achieve synergies in logistics development.

The Hong Kong Logistics Development Council, a high-level advisory body chaired by the Secretary for Transport and Housing, provides a forum for government and industry stakeholders to formulate initiatives to spur the further development of the local logistics sector. Council members visited Seoul and Busan in November 2015 to promote Hong Kong as a premier logistics and shipping hub in the region.

In November 2015, the Fifth Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference, co-organised by the government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, attracted more than 2,000 industry professionals from 27 countries and regions to discuss and exchange views on key policy factors and changes in production and consumption patterns which were transforming the logistics, supply-chain management and maritime industries.

Websites

Airport Authority Hong Kong: www.hkairport.com

Civil Aviation Department: www.cad.gov.hk

Cross Boundary Ferry Services: crossboundaryferryservices.mardep.gov.hk Highways Department: www.hyd.gov.hk

Hydrographic Office: www.hydro.gov.hk

Marine Department: www.mardep.gov.hk

Transport and Housing Bureau: www.thb.gov.hk

Transport Department: www.td.gov.hk

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