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Hong Kong Young Writers Awards 2020 corner that people will go. Citizens are recognized with their intelligent glasses, commanding them with their gestures. Rapid reclamation permits immense urbanization and economic growth, while modular infrastructures allow for construction to reverse with minimal cost and time, shifting their servicing areas conveniently without causing hassle. Hong Kong will be packed with doctorates and PHDs to facilitate professional institutions and mega-tall skyscrapers, hired for legislative and medical careers. Hills and cliffs will no longer pose as an obstacle for uprising development, but a stepping-stone towards a leading servicing focal point. New development won’t be careened over monuments and markets, to preserve Hong Kong’s irreplaceable character. Neon signs will be still slanting on old buildings, and the Peak Tram will be still servicing. The colossal aviation hub will be transformed into landing sites, to service reusable rockets that will revolutionize commutes between nations. Macau and Zhuhai will be distinguished as international resorts, with substantial and regular influx of vacationists and entertainers, publicity of the GBA will be heard throughout the globe. Casinos and non-alcoholic bars will fill up the town centre, whilst the luxurious hotels will monopolise the rest. Recreational green areas and artificial sanctuaries will be the icing on the cake for the visitors, and holographic servants are projected to existence to further enhance the luxurious experience. As for the earnings from clubs and casinos, they are donated to an extensive network of charities and fundraisers, so the profit is spent on a better cause. Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan and Zhongshan will be scattered with futuristic factories and production facilities, with low-carbon designs integrated, such as transparent solar cells for energy and natural lighting, green walls introducing breaths of fresh oxygen, centralized waste management facilities delivered via pipelines of domestic and industrial waste, lush and communal pedestrian paths stretching far into the fusion energy nexus… All of which are friendly towards nature. Wood is the main construction material here because it’s renewable, also with strong integrity to support the weight of the building itself. Shifting to Guangzhou, railways will continue to act as the backbones of transportation, delivering people and cargo to hundreds of destinations. Highways are well hidden inside the reinforced Earth’s crust, crossing-over subways and hyperloops where millions of commuters ride on each morning. An emblematic giga-structure is established right in the core, where every form of transport flows into the enormous spire. This commercial-transportation complex pumps out coaches, ferries and dragonfly shuttles like a heart circulating blood, 24/7. Frequent tanky cargo shuttles truck out immense loads of goods, to support extreme demand in other urban sprawls. Jiangmen will serve as a complementary hub to Guangzhou, as it will form an aviation triangle along with Hong Kong. Zhaoqing won’t be packed with zooming shuttles or rows of vehicles but designated as a conservation site for wild organisms. As there aren’t much mountains or waterfalls left behind the rapid development in GBA, this will be very attractive towards eco-tourists. Known as a historical and cultural city, Zhaoqing has a lot of geographical features preserved, such as Seven Stars Cave and Panlongxia. This can provide zoological and geological data for research and further understanding of animal behaviour. It will at least take about a century to transform the landscape of the GBA to this future that I proposed, but what will encourage the vast growth of the GBA? And what will hinder the development of these ambitious projects? The most crucial factor is to balance development with conservation. Businesses will certainly crave for more grade A offices to expand into, but environmentalists would fight for their pristine terrain and climate. The most difficult is to balance these extreme views. To earn the sweeter fruit of exponential economic amplification, the government can set 30