PLANNING
One quarter of New Territories houses may be illegal
Research indicates that nearly one quarter of all small houses in the New Territories have been built illegally. […]
DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING
New school planned for office/factory building behind Esso petrol station
A proposal has been submitted to the Town Planning Board to turn the industrial building in Hong Ting Road, behind the Esso petrol station, into a private school for 1,350 students. […]
ENVIRONMENT
Is this Sai Kung leafy lane doomed?
Ever since The Lands Department posted notices about a 47 small house development on former Green Belt in Tan Cheung Upper Village in 2007, the village local residents have been on the case. […]
DEVELOPMENT
More news on the roll-out of fibre broadband to remote NT villages
Edward Yau comments on the roll-out of fibre broadband in the remote villages. […]
PLANNING
19 houses to be built near Lions Nature Education Centre by one of Sai Kung's richest families
Planning permission sought for building 19 houses behind builder’s yard. […]
DEVELOPMENT
Land expert says about Wong Chuk Yeung revitalisation 'dream on'
Wong Chuk Yeung has no hope of heritage preservation and farming revitalisation like Lai Chi Wo, land expert Roger Nissim said. Roger is a former Lands Department official, University of Hong Kong lecturer and adviser […]
DEVELOPMENT
Fields replanted as 400-year-old Lai Chi Wo is revitalised as example for Sai Kung
The revitalisation of Lai Chi Wo, a 400-year-old Hakka village near Sha Tau Kok, points the way for Wong Chuk Yeung, now trashed, fenced off and uglified. A project to re-cultivate the land at Lai […]
DEVELOPMENT
Beauty flowers again at Wong Chuk Yeung beyond developer's barriers, CCTV cameras and threats
Nature is reclaiming the Wong Chuk Yeung plateau after a developer’s mechanical diggers trashed the land. The former farmland is looking quite beautiful in the autumn sun once you get beyond the ugly developer-erected fences, […]
PLANNING
Reprieve for Yung Shue O as three houses proposed for the Green Belt are rejected by Town Planning Board
Three small house applications for the green belt area of the Yung Shue O country park enclave rejected by Town Planning Board […]
BUSINESS
Fists shaken and thumbs down as frustrated market stall holders show disgust over FEHD incompetence
Local market left to decay by FEHD incompetence […]
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