victoria harbour

Hong Kong's incredible shrinking Victoria Harbour

I often receive emails from Designing Hong Kong; a group focused on sustainable development of Hong Kong, chiefly urban Hong Kong. Includes coverage of developments around and in Victoria Harbour - not in the wilder parts of Hong Kong, as usually covered on Hong Kong Outdoors, but a key part of the territory.

Submitted by Martin Williams on 9 July 2008 - 10:51am

HK Concrete n Conservation

Looking around Hong Kong, you might think there was plenty of concrete around, thank you very much, and we should be making a concerted effort to protect the remaining beautiful, relatively wild areas. Not so! No, the Kings of Concrete and the wannabe kings are queuing up with plans to build on or over some lovely places; and the government seems split between conservation (some sectors of government seem keen on this), and dreaming up Big Silly Projects.

Here and there, there are conservation successes, where some of Hong Kong's prime wild places are protected. But by my reckoning, we could really do with some strong examples of "eco-tourism" - to show that it's possible to make money from a place without wrecking it. Or even these last bastions will be despoiled, ruined obliterated, razed too. (Takes deep, meditative breaths before continuing.)

Submitted by DocMartin on 7 May 2004 - 9:12am
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