ENVIRONMENT
Clearwater Bay Second Beach reopens
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department has announced that Clear Water Bay Second Beach in Sai Kung District reopened on Wednesday 6 September. […]
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
O Tau expected to be about to witness killing of favourite tree
O Tau’s magnificent village tree to be cut down. Residents up in arms. […]
ENVIRONMENT
Why some trees should be cut down in the Country Parks
In the 1980’s and early 1990’s, the AFCD rapidly reforested cleared and degraded areas in the Sai Kung Country Park with several exotic (non-native) species of trees. These included Acacia Confusa (Taiwan acacia) and Melaleuca […]
ENVIRONMENT
Widespread beach closures after oil spill: Sai Kung and CWB not affected – yet
Of the 13 beaches closed because of a palm oil spill, none are in Sai Kung and Clearwater Bay, according to the Government. As widely reported in the media, about 1000 tonnes of the stuff […]
ENVIRONMENT
What a wet, wet, wet June
We all know that Sai Kung had lots of rain in June. In fact, far more than the Hong Kong Observatory in Tsim Sha Tsui. The HKO reported that the total rainfall recorded in the […]
ACCIDENTS AND CRIME
Man swept away by large wave in Sai Kung East Country Park
Police sources are reporting that a man who went missing in the waters off Po Pin Chau in Sai Kung East Country Park after being engulfed by a large wave and swept out to sea […]
COMMUNITY
New trail clean-up planned for 25 June; help wanted
Well, 8 months on from our inaugural MacLehose Clean-Up Action, the team are still going strong – in fact stronger than ever! The group of active participants has swelled to 120 and our Leaders continue […]
DEVELOPMENT
Worsening dispute with developers intent on $1.5 billion raises fears at Long Keng
The confrontation between Long Keng residents and developers with 1.5 billion dollar signs in their eyes has worsened. Threats have been made and cars vandalised, said a village representative, who does not want to be […]
ENVIRONMENT
Hong Kong's under-developed recycling industry: even university can not get waste disposed satisfactorily
Ninety per cent of waste generated by the University of Science and Technology ends up in landfills despite its recycling efforts, Davis Bookhart said. Davis is head of the UST’s Sustainability Unit and an associate […]
DEVELOPMENT
Encroachment on country parks: protest march to show public anger to be staged 28 May
A protest march against Government plans for housing encroachment on country parks will be staged on Sunday, 28 May. This follows the announcement about 10 days ago that the Housing Society had been authorised to […]
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