It is said that Hong Kong is short of land and gold. Do you think Hong Kong is really short of land?

Hong Kong has a land area of 1 106.66 square kilometers and a permanent population of 7.47 million. Up to now, the total area of land reclamation in Hong Kong has exceeded 80 square kilometers, accounting for about 7% of the total cemetery area in Hong Kong. Even with so many skyscrapers built and land reclaimed, Hong Kong still feels crowded. Many people live in small houses with only a dozen square meters, and the house price is very expensive, which leads to many people can't afford the whole house at all and can only rent a house. So is Hong Kong really true?

The reason why Hong Kong is the city with the highest population density in the world is that most of Hong Kong's population lives in the narrow areas on both sides of Victoria Bay, and there are large undeveloped flat land near Shenzhen in the north of Hong Kong, and the population distribution is seriously uneven, which leads to congestion in Hong Kong. From the northern part of Hong Kong to Shenzhen, we can find that the farmland in Hong Kong is in sharp contrast with the high-rise buildings in Shenzhen. So from the map alone, although Hong Kong is mountainous, it is uncertain. By region, Hong Kong is divided into outlying islands such as Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, New Territories and Lantau Island.

Formally, Hong Kong is divided into 18 area, but most people live in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon on both sides of Victoria Bay, and some important departments and commercial organizations in Hong Kong are also located in this area, resulting in extremely uneven development in Hong Kong. This situation may change in the future. The newly-built area in Hong Kong covers an area of 975. 1 km2, accounting for about 90% of the total area of Hong Kong. However, most of the newly-built northern areas near Shenzhen are underdeveloped, especially Yuen Long District and North District of Hong Kong, with a total area of 300 square kilometers, accounting for about 1/3 of the newly-built area. The population density here is very low. The Hong Kong SAR Government plans to develop all the land in Yuen Long District and North District in the future, and build the northern metropolitan area to connect with Shenzhen. The population scale planning of the northern metropolitan area has reached 2.5 million, which complements and integrates with Shenzhen.

Victoria Bay Metropolitan Area has been built in Hong Kong before. If the northern metropolitan area is completed, it will not only make Hong Kong's housing prices closer to the people to a certain extent, but also absorb more people, making Hong Kong a metropolis with a population of 10 million. The connection between Hong Kong and Shenzhen will no longer be a sharp contrast between farmland and high-rise buildings, but two deeply integrated big cities. Therefore, Hong Kong, which is short of land and gold, is not accurate, but it has failed to carry out construction for various reasons before.