Hong Kong’s Baptist University says it is interested in relocation to new Northern Metropolis university town
- University president says it would be prepared to move all or part of its operations from its prime Kowloon Tong site to new city
- Says plan still ‘very preliminary’ but that the university had discussed it
Alexander Wai Ping-kong, president of Baptist University, confirmed on Thursday that the government was told last year the institution was interested in relocating from its Kowloon Tong campus, one of the city’s prime residential areas, to the Northern Metropolis university town.
“We are interested, no matter if we move our whole campus or just part of our campus,” Wai said.
He added the ball was now in the government’s court as the idea was still in the planning stage.
“We of course hope our new future campus is bigger than our current one,” Wai said. “The bigger the better, and the transport should be convenient.”
Wai said that the university would be unable to fund a move itself, and would have to rely on the government to pay for the relocation and construction of a new campus.
