Cost of proposed artificial island in Hong Kong will more than double if extreme weather and rising sea levels are designed for, experts say

The cost of a proposed 1,000-hectare artificial island in Hong Kong could at least double if it is to be properly designed to fend off extreme weather such as super typhoons and heatwaves, scholars and environmentalists warned. There is no official estimate of the cost of building the so-called East Lantau Metropolis, off Hong Kong’s largest outlying island, but non-government groups have put the figure at between HK$400 billion (US$51.3 billion) and HK$500 billion, based on past...