Saturday 17 October 2020

Good grief! Go ahead for monster reclamation…

Artificial islands to be built between Sunshine, Peng Chau
and Siu Kai Yi Chau, back right. Our Discovery Bay top left

 …Which happens to be right on our doorstep. And sure appears to be, at the very least, and in today’s vernacular, “problematic”. 

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Hong Kong’s government is pushing ahead with a controversial plan to build a new metropolis on artificial islands at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, and will approach lawmakers next Friday for funding to carry out a preliminary study.…

 The ambitious megaproject is a contentious issue because of concerns about its HK$624 billion (US$80.5 billion) price tag and the potential threat it would pose to the environment and marine wildlife.

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