News and views re wild Hong Kong

Hong Kong Sharks

Hong Kong once had a shark fishery indicating at least they were at one stage abundant, and why perhaps they are now...

HK fish need help

The following is an email from Dr. Andy Cornish, which shows how you can support planned measures that could greatly help...

Hong Kong fish sos

Here's press release from WWF HK; following is a link to page where you can support WWF's position, and the comment I made...

Great White Shark Culling?

 Read all about this story by going to the following link (a similar article appeared in...

WWF Hong Kong Save Our Seas video and petition

WWF Hong Kong has launched a Save Our Seas campaign, aimed at combatting over-...

HK Tourism Forum 2004 Just back from the 3rd Hong Kong Tourism Symposium: Quality and Diversity,including a...
Hong Kong Style Eco-tourism

Today's South China Morning Post has an article on coral tour boats at Hoi Ha -...

Community based tourism HK

The rapid recovery of the Hong Kong tourism industry from the effects of SARS has...

Hong Kong Eco-tourism Stifled

Maybe "eco-tourism" conjures visions of bucolic days in the outdoors, enjoying dolphins, birds, hikes, or even...

Sham Chung letter [Letter to Talkback section of the South China Morning Post...
HK Rural Tourism

Here's an article I wrote for Action Asia in spring 2000. So far, remains a pipe dream to have...

Rural hostels

When Hong Kong’s country park system was developed, farmland, villages and associated areas were excluded, so...

Discover HK Nature booklet At the end of 2006, the Hong Kong Tourism Board published a booklet I helped with (writing, and contributed some photos)....
Proposal for Specialised Tour Guide Licence in Hong Kong

Here's something I wrote recently, at request of Coalition for Sustainable Tourism. Came after some years railing...

Hong Kong 2030

The Hong Kong Government is undertaking a planning process centering on what the territory should be like in 2030. I've...

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...

HK diving incidents

On behalf of the diving community I would like to express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Miss. Tong,...

Zhuhai to Hong Kong bridge

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Hong Kong Air Pollution

It's not new in Hong Kong that vehicles emit particulates, factories and power stations pump out noxious fumes. So...

Sham Chung Shenanigans

With its traditional hamlets, old woods, setting in a basin ringed by hills within Sai Kung Country Park, Sham Chung should...

HK Love It Trash It Right, let’s pretend I’m Steve Ballmer, barmy sales...
Sham Chung qns for SHK

Several months ago, I heard that - through the Business Environment Council, which SHK Properties is a member of - Sun Hung...

HK Deep Bay threats

Last decade, the future looked bright for the Deep Bay wetland, in northwest Hong Kong.

The British and Chinese...

Donald Tsang development

Here's a letter I sent the South China Morning Post, during the (ahem) election for Chief Executive.

Dear Sir:
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No Flu at Mai Po

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HKZM bridge pollution

Here's a letter (by me) to the editor of the South China Morning Post; published on 8 December...

Hillfires

Hong Kong’s Easter/Ching Ming holiday, at the beginning of April [1999], coincided with a spell of fine, clear weather...

Hong Kong's Dangerous Air

The Hong Kong Government seems to be downplaying or misinformed about the health impacts of our air...

Hong Kong Earth Champions Community Day

Earth Champions are people who have been nominated by their local community for making a positive difference to their...

Sparrows the scapegoats for H5N1 in chicken farm

Ah, isn't ignorance bliss, especially when you're an "expert".

Today's South China Morning Post has a...

Super-prison threatens Hei Ling Chau

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Hei Ling Chau super jail bad idea

Why a super-jail is a bad idea
Chan Wai-kwan
[Happily, in mid-October,...

Lantau Concept Plan meeting

A couple of days ago, I joined environmentalists from groups including the Living Islands Movement, Green Lantau Association...

Concrete Plan for Lantau

[Letter to the ...

Lantau threats

the government is planning a slew of new projects that will transform Lantau for ever.

Lantau plan not balanced

Here are comments on the Concept Plan for Lantau (or "Concrete Plan for Lantau"?), which I have submitted to the...

Arkeden

Here is the plan for ark-eden, an immensely different development scenario for Lantau Island to that envisaged in the...

Non native trees Lantau

Happily, it seems that some sense has filtered through to the powers that be, and maybe native trees will be planted instead...

Lantau email

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Lantau Joint Statement

Way back at the beginning of March, 19 groups including Hong Kong Outdoors showed what the...

Lantau Sustainable Development Plan

After strongly criticising the Concept Plan for Lantau, from the Lantau Development Task Force (see, for instance, HK...

Meeting Selina Chow

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Legco Lantau

On 23 November, I was among over 21 representatives of groups including rural committees and green groups who gave...

Beautiful Lantau n concrete

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Pedro Blanco over fishing

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HKU Climate Workshop

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