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Lantau residents don’t feel consulted on development plans: survey

February 14, 2018 // 1 Comment

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 north Lantau-Mui Wo transport tunnel is back on the agenda

January 7, 2018 // 2 Comments

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. [...]

Govt study proposes ELM road and rail links through northeast Lantau

January 2, 2018 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

Citizens group assails land task force on reclamation

November 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

New land body endorses ELM and further Lantau reclamation

November 9, 2017 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

A masterclass in waffle: govt officials meet Lantau community

August 10, 2017 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

Sustainable Lantau in name only, govt plans confirm

August 9, 2017 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

Lantau blueprint is just another sly sales pitch for East Lantau Metropolis

June 12, 2017 // 7 Comments

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 [...]

Lantau blueprint scraps worst ideas, talks up conservation, upholds ELM

June 4, 2017 // 7 Comments

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, [...]

Eight reasons not to build East Lantau Metropolis

April 27, 2017 // 3 Comments

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 [...]