10 years ago, Lin Chaoying, the head of the observatory, who wrote the environmental protection platform for Leung Chun-ying and helped Leung run for the chief executive, submitted his platform proposal to the only candidate for the next chief executive, Li Jiachao.
He pointed out that from the perspective of disaster prevention and preparedness, with reference to scientific estimates, the seawater may rise by 1.5 meters in 2100, and may rise by 5.1 meters in 2200. He believes that the promotion of tomorrow's Lantau violates the national policy of "ecological civilization construction" and will greatly increase the original cost of Hong Kong. Non-existent risks, burying political disputes.
Lam Chiu-ying strongly recommends shelving the artificial island project, saving money to support the development of the northern New Territories metropolitan area, and making financial preparations for climate disasters.
He emphasized that environmental disasters have gone far beyond "environmental" issues in the general sense, and the concept of "sustainable development" should become a guiding policy for governance. sustainable development" principle.
It is reported that Li Jiachao's political platform will propose "Tomorrow's Lantau" and the Northern Metropolis.
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Lam: Speaking from the Responsibility of Scientists and Hong Kong People
Lin Chaoying emailed more than 2,500 words of advice to Li Jiachao earlier, indicating that it is "doing the responsibility of Hong Kong people and the responsibility of scientists", warning that the reckless implementation of artificial islands in the middle will bring shame to Hong Kong, and it is recommended to stop immediately.
He pointed out that "ecological civilization construction" is a national policy, which was written into the Constitution in 2018. In the same year, reclamation was banned nationwide, and he believed that Hong Kong's development cannot deviate from the general direction of the country.
He pointed out that the current ecological problem is no longer an "environmental protection" issue, but an existential crisis and climate disaster. The real threat can be seen in the flooding situation in Tai O, Lei Yue Mun, Tseung Kwan O and Heng Fa Tsuen during the recent typhoon hitting Hong Kong. .
He warned that if the artificial island is pushed hard, seawalls will have to be built to "barely protect" in the future, and who pays the cost will become a political dispute.
He expressed his support for the "Northern Metropolitan Area Development Strategy" and believed that land should be reclaimed as soon as possible, the Mai Po buffer zone and other wetlands should be protected, rezoning applications for these areas should be stopped, and a number of wetland conservation parks should be established according to the report.
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Advocate for the chief executive to set up a special agency and the whole government to commit to "sustainable development"
Lin Chaoying said that social unrest and the epidemic have fully demonstrated that "economic development" alone is not enough to ensure Hong Kong's security. To deal with climate disasters, we must plan and respond from the perspective of national security. He suggested that the new government should adopt a comprehensive concept of "sustainable development" and put environmental The "Sustainable Development Division" within the bureau has been reorganized into the "Chief Executive's Office". In the future, all government departments must comply with the "Sustainable Development" policy.
He pointed out that "sustainable development" can no longer be regarded as a marginal issue. For example, the Prime Minister's Office of Singapore has also set up a "National Climate Change Secretariat" to coordinate related domestic affairs, foreign affairs, policies, plans and actions, and has a total of 100 billion Singapore dollars. funding plan.
He said that without a dedicated agency in the Chief Executive's Office, it would be difficult to coordinate the response to a series of cascading impacts of climate change, and dealing with these impacts would require years of large-scale engineering and system construction. In addition, Hong Kong faces more impacts than Singapore due to its geographical location. Provision of HK$500 billion.
Uninhabitable coastal areas due to rising sea levels
Lin Chaoying suggested that the new government should check the altitude of the whole of Hong Kong as soon as possible according to the possible maximum sea level in the future, and delineate the areas that are not suitable for residential construction, especially the vast wetlands in the northwest of the New Territories, so as to prevent the public from mistakenly buying properties in areas that will be flooded by seawater in the future. .
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