As a pilot project, it is expected to make breakthroughs in terms of bordering arrangement, financial cooperation, land management systems and social governance systems, he said.
The University of Macao will build a new campus, with an area of about 1 sq km, on the island to overcome its current land shortage problem. The project will be subject to Macao Basic Law as authorized by the mainland's legislative body.
"We will ensure convenient border-crossing facilities during the construction," said Liu Jia, chief of the island's management authority, Discussions over the island's development started in the early 1990s but have not been successful until now.
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