Jan Tin News Today

Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, Greenpeace and the Conservancy Association say abandoned fish ponds in area earmarked for tech hub still have ecological value.

The Advisory Council on the Environment has unanimously endorsed the environmental impact assessment report on the San Tin Technopole with eight conditions.

Millions of dollars are being spent every month to maintain facilities that are no longer needed.

The loss in park space includes 90 hectares of fish ponds to be filled for the San Tin Technopole project, a development aimed at attracting tech firms to Hong Kong.

One of the top questions with the Northern Metropolis is how the government will protect irreplaceable biodiversity assets while planning huge building works. Early indications are that hi-tech dreams will win out over the responsibilities Hong Kong has to protect biodiversity of global importance.

Green group disagrees with authorities’ view that new wetland parks will compensate for ecological loss.

One of the biggest hurdles in Hong Kong’s quest to attract talent and become a technology and innovation hub is housing, and not just home prices. The San Tin Technopole’s importance to the city’s economic growth means the government cannot afford to repeat mistakes like those made when planning Tin Shui Wai.

Officers found 100 bricks of suspected cocaine, each weighing 1.2kg, in 10 metal boxes when investigating an electric transformer in February.