EPD issues HK$31b contract for Shek Kwu Chau incinerator
After years of delay and controversy, the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) has finally issued the tender for the construction and operation of the waste incinerator [...]
Incinerator
Lam promises Lantau conservation cash and a start on Shek Kwu Chau
Cash for local conservation projects, a solar power trial and the start of work on the Shek Kwu Chau incinerator top the list of measures affecting Lantau in Carrie [...]
Declare independence, save Lantau
Public consultation (or ‘consultation’) on Lantau development is in its final week. On recent evidence it is difficult to believe it will make a difference. This blog has [...]
High-end living lands in Lantau
If you’re feeling limited by Lantau’s lifestyle choices you now have a new one – opulent living. Not one but two high-end housing developments have come on the market [...]
Democracy in action (or should that be ‘inaction’?)
On my last visit to LegCo the taxi driver thought it was the High Court and proceeded up the hill past the Shangri-La. He was ex-mainland, but these days you can almost [...]
A monument to waste
Hong Kong suffers from bad decisions because of our dysfunctional system. In particular, it encourages grandiose public works in favour of long-term problem-solving. [...]
Here on Lantau, Hong Kong’s cheapest property
Running around Chi Ma Wan peninsula last year I noticed a bunch of apartments on the shore below. Not knowing the epic importance of the dwellings, I took this photograph [...]