Details of the proposed marine works for Hong Kong’s Aberdeen marina were published today, covering an area within the Aberdeen South Typhoon Shelter and its expansion near Tai Shue Wan. The development is among the marina projects being planned under the government’s wider yacht economy initiative.
The typhoon shelter expansion spans about 24 hectares, split between public mooring in the west and the proposed marina in the east. Estimated to occupy about 11 hectares, the marina would include 9.9 hectares of berthing space at Tai Shue Wan and a 1.1-hectare multi-purpose waterfront north of the existing eastern breakwater for shuttle boats and temporary berthing for small vessels. Floating structures would cover about 1.25 hectares, or roughly five percent of the expansion, and permanent structures below sea level, including piles and reinforced concrete, would occupy about 1,000sqm.
On land, about 6,000sqm at the Po Chong Wan Temporary Industrial Area is planned for marina facilities, including a clubhouse, dry slips and a boat repair and maintenance workshop. Other works around the waterfront include a pedestrian walkway, modifications to existing landing steps, the seawall and breakwater, and construction of a drainage outfall.
The Development Bureau presented the 200-berth proposal to the Southern District Council in March 2026, following discussions in March and September 2025 and an expression-of-interest exercise that ran from January to April 2025. The gazettal now opens a two-month period for objections, ending on 18 November. Further ahead, the proposed typhoon shelter expansion is expected to be completed in 2030, according to the project documents.
The Aberdeen marina is among the projects mentioned in the 2026 policy address under the government’s plans to develop the yacht economy, which also include a Yacht Bay at the Airport Authority’s SKYTOPIA and new arrangements allowing Hong Kong and Macao vessels to navigate in nine Greater Bay Area cities.
