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The boss of the 拢1.7bn West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong has said the project offers 鈥渆xtraordinary opportunities鈥� for UK firms, despite recently cancelling an architectural competition to design the park.

The City is planning a massive development on 40 hectares of reclaimed land in West Kowloon including a modern art museum, opera house, theatre and concert venue.

UK architects Foster + Partners, Wilkinson Eyre and Grimshaw had all been in the running to design the park鈥檚 green spaces, was cancelled and then relaunched in a different form last month.

But speaking in London yesterday Michael Lynch, chief executive of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, sought to encourage UK firms to take part.

He said: 鈥淚 think it provides extraordinary opportunities for both the art organisation and for various businesses in Britain to contribute.鈥�

鈥淐learly Britain has huge resources of experts that we will be very happy to use on the project,鈥� he added.

Firms already working on the scheme include Mott Macdonald, Arup and Rider Levett Bucknall.

He dismissed concerns about restarting the design competition saying it was just an 鈥渆xpression of interest鈥� that had been received by the authority.

But he said the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority had had to make changes to the 鈥渟cale and scope鈥� of that part of the development at the behest of the Hong Kong government.