HKP is vital to the economy of Hong Kong. It directly contributes 1.9% of the city’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 113,000 jobs (Macauley, 2010). More importantly, the port is a key vehicle for trading operations in Hong Kong because ocean shipping is the major transportation mode of global trade. As one of the four pillar industries of Hong Kong, trading and logistics services accounted for 25.8% of the GDP and 24.2% of total employment in 2007 (Census and Statistics Department, 2009b). The Hong Kong government has stated that “the impact the port has on the wider economy is too great to lose” (Macauley, 2010). It is thus crucial for the government to devise proactive policies to strengthen the role of Hong Kong as an international shipping hub. This section discusses policies for the development of HKP in light of the emerging global manufacturing trends and their impacts as analysed above.