The government recently submitted an application for the EIA study outline from "Lantau Tomorrow" and "cut the pieces to start". It is divided into three submissions for the Jiaoyizhou artificial island reclamation project, the artificial island development, and the northeast link from Hong Kong Island to Lantau Island.
The public consultation on related applications will end on Thursday (25th).
15 environmental protection groups and concern organizations criticized today (23) that the Hong Kong government has not published the "Hong Kong 2030+ Strategic Environmental Assessment Report" and other key documents, and conducted a complete strategic environmental assessment for Lantau tomorrow, describing it as "stealth submission." "Introduction to hard-breaking the EIA procedure", worrying about ignoring the cumulative environmental impact of the project and neighboring development, and seriously underestimating the damage to the marine ecology.
The group will write a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency to reject the application and call on the public to express their opinions during the consultation period.
Fifteen environmental groups and concerned organizations criticized that the government has not disclosed key documents such as the "Hong Kong 2030+ Strategic Environmental Assessment Report" and conducted a complete strategic environmental assessment for Lantau tomorrow, describing it as "stealously submitting a brief introduction to the EIA process ".
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The group pointed out that the "Hong Kong 2030+ Strategic Environmental Assessment Report" was completed several years ago. It should list all possible potential land supply options, including plans other than reclamation, and early warning of various environmental impacts.
However, many members of the Environmental Advisory Council and the Environmental Group asked for a full report in person when they consulted at the beginning of the month, but they were all rejected.
The group questioned that "the authorities' confidential documents deprive the public of the right to know and choose, creating the illusion that "reclamation is not necessary"."
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Circle group: the authorities need to study viable alternatives first
The group also pointed out that it is necessary for the authorities to conduct a comprehensive strategic environmental assessment before conducting a statutory environmental assessment, study all feasible alternatives, and examine the environmental carrying capacity of each option and neighboring projects in a more macroscopic way, including the three-run and Tung Chung New City. Reclamation projects such as town expansion, Shiguzhou incinerator, etc., otherwise it is difficult to estimate the cumulative impact on air and marine ecology.
At present, the government not only lacks a strategic environmental assessment as a basic reference, but also introduces the introduction of "one cut to three."
The group also stated that after the completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge project, more than 40 Chinese white dolphins that originally inhabited the waters of North Lantau Island will be extinct in the 3,000 public waters after the completion of the project.
Groups criticized that past environmental assessments underestimated the impact on marine ecology, and the proposed mitigation measures, including protected areas, have not been effective.
The group is worried that tomorrow’s Lantau project will repeat the same mistakes and will have the opportunity to extinct the global "vulnerable" Chinese white dolphins and finless porpoises in Hong Kong, and directly threaten the global "endangered" Hong Kong bipedal lizard.
Fanling Golf Course land for public housing increased to more than 10,000 units Tomorrow Lantau Details will be unveiled at the end of next year EIA report: The scale of reclamation should be increased or decreased. Tomorrow Lantau | The proposed railway will connect to the Tuen Ma Line, Tung Chung Line, and Hong Kong Island Line.
