Hong Kong property tycoon pitches new city idea to Ireland
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent from on (#5686R)
Ivan Ko hopes to find site between Dublin and Belfast to host 50,000 fellow Hongkongers
A property tycoon from Hong Kong wants to build a city in Ireland to host 50,000 emigrants from the semi-autonomous region in a plan he likens to the puritans arriving in America.
Ivan Ko, founder of the Victoria Harbour Group (VHG), an international charter city investment company, hopes to find a 50 sq km site between Dublin and Belfast to create a new city, named Nextpolis, from scratch.
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