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Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA) in collaboration with WWF-Hong Kong Proposed Five Enhancement Recommendations for San Tin Technopole to Create Liveable Eco-friendly City
- Create a people-oriented livable city
- Achieve a future in which people live in harmony with nature
- Promote urban-rural integration
- Minimise ecological impacts
- Adopt Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to tackle climate change challenges
Details of the five enhancement recommendations are as follows:
- Create a multifunctional green space using the existing Hop Shing Wai fishponds (northwest corner of STT), which provides recreational, flood attenuation and wastewater treatment functions and, at the same time, enhance the habitat connectivity of Deep Bay wetland;
- Create the first ecological corridor for otters in China;
- Take advantage of the existing natural conditions in San Tin to provide flood resilience of the NDAs with NbS. For example, preservation of watercourses to improve water infiltration, conversion of fishponds into flood retention ponds, and construction of floodable river parks along San Tin Eastern and Western Main Drainage Channels (STEMDC & STWMDC), similar to the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore;
- Adjust the building height restriction in the vicinity of Mai Po Lung Egretry and Lok Ma Chau Boundary Control Point to avoid the impact brought by high-rise buildings to flight corridors;
- Preserve the farmland - pond cluster in Shek Wu Wai area to create a featured agro-park.
Mr. Paul Chan, President of HKILA, pointed out that ecological priority and green development is one of the guiding principles of the Outline Development Plan for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), and the development of STT is essential to align with the National 14th Five-Year Plan and the Regional Development Strategy. As San Tin and its surrounding are rich in natural resources, the planning of the STT should reflect the national policy of ecological civilisation. “On one hand, HKILA has established a platform for mutual learning between experts of Shenzhen and Hong Kong to help formulation of guiding principles for ecological and landscape planning for the development of Northern Metropolis. On the other hand, HKILA has been collaborating with WWF to leverage both expertise in landscape design and ecological conservation to inject climate- and ecological-friendly elements into the planning of the STT to build a high-quality, healthy and green community." Chan added.
Dr. Bosco Chan, Director of Conservation, WWF, shared that the Northern Metropolis, the largest development project in Hong Kong in the coming decades, will inevitably affect the Deep Bay wetland, which is of exceptional ecological value. The Government must therefore balance the needs of development and conservation when developing the STT. “Our recommendations have taken into consideration the natural conditions of the Deep Bay wetland and the ecology of rare species, with a view to alleviate adverse impacts on the ecology, and concurrently encourage the Government to take advantage of the rich wetland and farmland resources around San Tin to enhance overall climate resilience, and to design a eco-friendly city for the benefit of the public and nature.” Dr. Chan explained.
HKILA and WWF will attend the public hearing held by the TPB on 3 July to brief the TPB members on our enhancement proposal. HKILA and WWF hope that the TPB and the relevant government departments would consider and adopt our proposal, creating a quality, healthy and green STT. HKILA and WWF also hope that the Government would bring the dialogue further with relevant stakeholders on the planning of the STT to achieve a win-win situation.
The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA) and WWF-Hong Kong (WWF) are proposing five enhancement recommendations, which aim to enhance overall quality of life, increase climate resilience of STT and mitigate the ecological impacts resulted from the development.
Mr. Paul Chan, President of HKILA, said, “On one hand, HKILA has established a platform for mutual learning between experts of Shenzhen and Hong Kong to help formulation of guiding principles for ecological and landscape planning for the development of Northern Metropolis. On the other hand, HKILA has been collaborating with the WWF to leverage both expertise in landscape design and ecological conservation to inject climate- and ecological- friendly elements into the planning of the STT to build a high-quality, healthy and green community."
Dr. Bosco Chan, Director of Conservation, WWF, shared that “the recommendations have taken into consideration the natural conditions of the Deep Bay wetland and the ecology of rare species, with a view to alleviate adverse impacts on the ecology, and concurrently encourage the Government to take advantage of the rich wetland and farmland resources around San Tin to enhance overall climate resilience, and to design a eco-friendly city for the benefit of the public and nature.”