Illegal land filling consuming Tong Fuk coastal greenbelt
Tong Fuk has become the latest Lantau village to suffer from unauthorised land clearance, a result of the vague planning laws and lack of enforcement that have plagued the [...]
Environment
Pui O wetlands ‘close to unviable’ as govt fails to act
Lantau activists have slammed government officials over their failure to stop the continued destruction of the Pui O wetlands. Ham Tin resident Martin Lerigo, who has led a [...]
Election ’19: Fung Siu Yin, reform candidate
Fung Siu Yin is the challenger in Sunday’s district council poll and a part of a new face in local politics. Standing for the Lantau seat, she is pro-democratic, green [...]
Hong Kong wetlands face ‘significant’ threat after court ruling: LIM
Hong Kong’s remaining wetland areas are under threat after a High Court has ruled the government cannot prevent landowners from dumping rubbish on wetland sites, green [...]
Shui Hau tops the list as govt hands out $9m for Lantau conservation education
Shui Hau’s rich and fragile ecosystem has attracted the biggest share of funds under the government’s new Lantau environmental education scheme. Two proposals, from WWF [...]
Another porpoise washed ashore at Tong Fuk
A finless porpoise has washed up on the Tong Fuk beach yesterday, the latest in a spate of strandings. It was the third found on Lantau and the eighth in Hong Kong this [...]
HK govt received 10,000 fly-tipping complaints, took 80 to court
Government departments received more than 10,000 complaints about illegal dumping of construction waste last year, but prosecuted only 80 cases. The Environmental Protection [...]
Reusable cups at Caffe Paradiso
Caffe Paradiso coffee shop in Mui Wo has started selling reusable cups. It is not the first on Lantau to do so, but it is the first to sell these collapsible cups (below). As [...]
Green group highlights climate change threat to Tai O
A local environmental group, Carbon Care InnoLab, is planning to hold a Tai O hike and fundraiser to raise awareness of the climate change threat to the low-lying village. [...]
Tree-planting day in Lantau South Country Park
The AFCD will hold a tree-planting day in Lantau South Country Park on April 8. Participants will plant tree seedlings on lower Lantau Peak on Lantau Trail Section 3. The [...]