It is really hard to say, with so much uncertainty as to where we will move to, but we imagine we are talking about coming months. ​

Once (if?) we have a confirmed new location, we can start a time-line.​

In saying that, we do have a small amount of land, which is scheduled to become smaller, allocated for part of the work. It is nowhere near big enough for the work as a whole, though, so must find a solution to the bigger picture before we can take steps. ​

So we can’t commit to a date, though we are trying to prepare what we can in advance of knowing. 

Note: The timing of the move is also dependent upon the preparation of the new site. The piece offered by the Government at this stage has no building on it at all. It is tarmac. We need to put up temporary buildings which, although sounding like a quick solution, are not as fast as one might hope. Our advisers estimate they would need 2 years for construction.

Caption: Photo below shows part of the site where we currently operate.

Note: It is of special help to us, in assessing timelines, that we have moved before. On those occasions, we had a process outlined in advance and we took note of the time each step took us. We were smaller then, of course, but we were given 18 months’ notice on those occasions and found we needed it. Now we are larger and more complex, so we have to adjust accordingly as we allow time to build:

• the infrastructure for the goods we will warehouse. We have approx 12 large goods departments, all of which require equipment and processing areas.
• the complex installations required for our immersive and x-periential educational programmes
• the Trail of World Need
• the supplementary spaces required for our fair trade marketplace and fair trade café
• the children’s Global Playground with goats and authentic games from developing nations
• office, admin, toilets etc which typify any such move
• the magnificent solar power panels which were provided by CarbonCare InnoLab/Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Solar Care programme, enabling us to contribute to cleaner energy for Hong Kong and to provide a world class example of Hong Kong using green energy.

Caption: Photo below shows the team from CarbonCare InnoLab installing a few of the many, magnificent solar panels across our site. (494 in total.)