PwC: Seminar Explored Financing Options for Northern Metropolis and Artificial Islands; Concern Group Took Remarks Out of Context
羅兵咸永道：旨在探討北都會及人工島不同融資方案 有關注組織斷章取義
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the financial and economic adviser to the Government on the Lantau Tomorrow Vision and the Northern Metropolis projects of the Lok Ma Chau Loop and San Tin Technopole, revealed at a seminar that its latest estimates put the construction cost of the Lantau Tomorrow Vision at about 566 billion and that of the Northern Metropolis at 1 trillion. It estimated that the construction periods of the two projects would overlap, creating a funding gap that could mean the Government’s fiscal reserves were “possibly insufficient to finance” both projects simultaneously. PwC said in a statement that the seminar was intended to discuss different financing options, rather than analyse whether the Government’s fiscal reserves were sufficient to finance the two development projects at the same time. Without naming the organisation, it criticised a local concern group for interpreting the matter using only part of the background information, citing only some negative factors and disregarding the context of the discussion.
政府的「明日大嶼願景」及北部都會區「落馬洲河套區和新田科技城」財務及經濟顧問、會計師事務所羅兵咸永道（PwC）曾在一個研討會透露，最新推算政府發展「明日大嶼願景」的建設成本需約5660億元，「北都」則需1萬億元，估計兩項目建設時間重疊，所造成資金缺口令政府財政儲備「可能不足以同時資助」兩項目。羅兵咸永道發聲明指，研討會旨在討論不同的融資選項，並非分析政府財政儲備是否足以同時資助這兩項發展項目，不點名批評某一本地關注組織只取用部分背景資料解讀，僅引用一些負面因素，漠視討論的前文後理。