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. [...]
Environment
Park politics
Across the mainland, enthusiasm may have waned for Chairman Mao’s vision of turning cities into forests of smokestacks, but Hong Kong’s ambition to pave the territory [...]
Lantau development mania
When Hong Kong’s British rulers announced plans for a new airport at Chek Lap Kok in 1990, they set off a minor boom on Lantau. Not even the sleepy southern parts were [...]
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 [...]