Four dead finless porpoises found in 36 hours
The bodies of four finless porpoises have been found in the space of 36 hours across Hong Kong, including Lantau. A stranded juvenile finless porpoise was found on the beach [...]
Environment
Lam won’t condemn wetland dumping or amend law to stop it
Chief Executive Carrie Lam has refused to condemn wetland dumping and has ruled out any changes to the law to preserve Lantau and other threatened areas. Lam admitted in [...]
Protestors dump Lantau waste at Govt House, warn of further action
Demonstrators dumped construction waste outside Carrie Lam’s residence today to protest landfilling and wetland destruction, with Legco member Eddie Chu warning of [...]
Ombudsman castigates EPD over passive response to fly-tipping
The Ombudsman has castigated the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) for being too slow and reactive in dealing with fly-tipping. It has called on the department to [...]
Rejected: TPB turns down application from Pui O ‘brick wall’ site
The Town Planning Board has rejected an application from Pui O’s controversial ‘brick wall’ wetland plot to convert the site into agricultural use. The site [...]
EPD again unwilling to act as another wetland site is landfilled
A Shui Hau site appears to have become the latest slice of South Lantau wetland to have been illegally landfilled. Save Lantau Alliance convenor Eddie Tse discovered the [...]
Five Lantau beaches added to priority cleanup list
Five more South Lantau beaches to the government’s priority foreshore cleaning roster. From now on Cheung Sha, Tong Fuk, Shap Long, Ham Tin and Tai Long Wan are among [...]
Pui O wetland: EPD still can’t work out if law was broken
Nearly two months after recording unauthorised dumping on a wetland site, the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) says it is still not certain if any law has been [...]
Tung Chung facing more hazardous air over weekend
After pollution readings reached dangerous levels yesterday, Tung Chung is facing further hazardous air over the weekend – unless rain can clear the skies. Readings [...]
Landowner flouts law with brick wall around wetland site
The owner of a Pui O wetland site already in breach of several environmental laws has begun building a brick wall around the plot. Construction of the wall at the site, next [...]