EXTENDED METROPOLITAN REGION: A NEW BASIS FOR HONG KONG-GUANGDONG ECONOMIC COOPERATION
探讨了香港与广东通过“前店后厂”模式形成的扩展大都市区，定义其概念并分析其潜力、政策与规划，认为未来合作应基于这一新区域单元。
The paper discusses the close economic cooperation between Hong Kong and Guangdong Province through the “Front shop-back factory” model in the last two decades, and the new spatial unit that has ensued, i.e. the extended metropolitan region(EMR).It also explores the definition of EMR and issues related to the potential, policies and planning of the Hong Kong EMR. It concludes that future cooperation between Hong Kong and Guangdong should be based on this new regional unit.