Work began on the huge facility in March is due to finish by 2007, Lord Foster said.
"We were selected last November, we had our team in place in December and we were celebrating the groundbreaking in March. That would be handed over, finished, in 2007, which is nothing," he said in an interview with the Sunday Morning Post.
Work is well under way on the airport he added, with 10,000 workers and seven contractors already on the site.
Hong Kong is home to Foster's biggest project to date, the city's international airport, which was opened in 1998.
He also built HSBC bank's futuristic headquarters here and has proposed a gigantic dragon-shaped canopy to cover a controversial 40-hectare arts and recreation hub planned for the Kowloon neighbourhood.
He has similarly designed a huge roof for Beijing airport, which authorities commissioned to be open by the time of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
When it is finished the designer said Beijing airport would be the largest in the world.
"The scale is truly awesome," he said. "Hong Kong airport is currently operationally the biggest of its kind. But that will be eclipsed by Beijing." - AFP
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