Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, pledged Wednesday that the region will continue its efforts in infrastructural development.

Tsang said in his his first annual policy address that continuous infrastructural development is necessary to maintain Hong Kong's vitality as a world city.

A package of infrastructural projects are under construction and the government endeavors to provide people with more convenient cross-border transport links to the Chinese mainland.

The governments of Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macao are actively pursuing advance work on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, said Tsang.

The three governments are examining the draft feasibility report on the project and hope to seek approval from the Central Authorities and proceed with construction as soon as possible.

The Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor will be commissioned next year when the control point at Shekou is completed, said Tsang.

The Hong Kong government is also studying the feasibility report on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, he said.

Editor: Yan