The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report for the Ngau Tam Mei (NTM) New Development Area (NDA) is available for public inspection under the EIA Ordinance starting from today.

The Government conducted a two-month public engagement (PE) exercise last November to solicit public views on the land use proposals of NTM. Overall, members of the public supported the overall positioning of the NTM NDA, measuring about 130 hectares, as an Academic & Research District, which will include the Northern Metropolis University Town (NMUT, including the third medical school) and an integrated medical teaching and research hospital as its key components.

Taking into account the public views collected, the Government has formulated the Recommended Outline Development Plan (RODP) for the NTM NDA. The PE Report containing the Government's responses to major public views has been uploaded onto the project website for the public's reference.

Adopting the RODP as its basis, the Civil Engineering & Development Department has conducted the EIA according to the EIA Ordinance, the Technical Memorandum on EIA Process and the EIA Study Brief for the works project for the development of the NTM NDA.

Appropriate mitigation measures have been proposed to ensure the project complies with the EIA Ordinance requirements. The relevant EIA Report has been uploaded onto the EIA Ordinance website for public inspection in accordance with the EIA Ordinance from today to November 4.