A survey of Lantau residents and visitors has found that just half believe the level of consultation over government development plans for the island has been inadequate. In [...]
A road or rail tunnel – or both – linking north Lantau to Mui Wo is back on the planning agenda, nearly two decades after being rejected on environmental grounds. [...]
A government study has proposed building road and railway links to the East Lantau Metropolis (ELM) through northeast Lantau, apparently abandoning an earlier plan to connect [...]
A non-government group has attacked the new government land task force, saying it has already breached its commitment to examine all of the city’s land supply options. The [...]
Carrie Lam has promised a fresh approach to dealing with land supply issues, but in its early decisions new land supply task force has merely endorsed plans initiated by her [...]
In Hong Kong, public consultations are like elections; they happen but they mean little. Last night’s meeting between officials from the CEDD and the Planning Dept and [...]
Plans for the new Sustainable Lantau Office (SLO) dispel any doubts about the role of conservation in Lantau development schemes. It has no role at all. The SLO, supposedly a [...]
The Sustainable Lantau Blueprint is not terribly sustainable, is certainly not a blueprint and isn’t really about Lantau. An actual blueprint explains how something [...]
After three and half years of aggressive development plans from the Leung government, the Sustainable Lantau Blueprint is a return somewhat to the status quo. The blueprint, [...]
The deadline for the public consultation on Hong Kong 2030+ looms on April 30 – the last chance for Lantau people to register their views on the plan to run a freeway [...]