The committee was told that, in the past year, the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation had granted about eight hectares of land in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate for the setting up of high-end data centres.

Acting SCED So said: "We will set up a one-stop portal for releasing information on data centres, strengthen the promotion of optimal use of existing industrial buildings and industrial sites, and explore the feasibility of other facilitative measures including the allocation of sites suitable for development into high-end data centres."

The committee was also advised of the development of a new central hosting platform for e-government services to support their further development.

"With its greener and more efficient equipment, the proposed new central hosting platform will be able to host 100 additional e-government services on top of the existing 118 ones," So told the committee.