There are fewer people in Hong Kong. In recent years, economic development has encountered bottlenecks. The official plans to build artificial islands in the reclamation of Jiaizhouzhou area to build the third core business district.However, the project has great controversy in society, and folk concerns will cause a financial and ecological crisis.
Fang Xuecheng, Director of the Civil Engineering Development Department of the Hong Kong Government, said on Thursday (March 2) to attend the exhibition activities of Jiaizhou Artificial Island that the artificial island of Jiaoszhou covers an area of 1,000 hectares, consisting of three islands so that the neighboring neighbor is near the neighborhood.The separation of Jiaoshou, Xiaoying Chaozhou, Zhougong Island, and Pingzhou are separated by water channels to avoid a direct impact on stone coral community and white -bellied sea carvings with ecological value along the coast.
In addition, artificial islands will connect the road west of Hong Kong Island to the northeast of Lantau Island in the future, including the fourth cross -sea tunnel, and the planned construction of the Hong Kong Island Railway, west of Hong Kong Island, which is about 30 kilometers in length.
Fang Xuecheng emphasized that the depth of the sea mud of the artificial island of the artificial island is about 20 meters. It is similar to the current Dongyong East reclamation project and the third runway reclamation project of the Hong Kong International Airport in the past few years.Master the newly adopted "deep cement mixing legal" and have confidence to handle this reclamation project.
Director of the Hong Kong Government Planning Department, who attended the same event, said that the official goal is to make the Chairzhou artificial island into the third core business district of Hong Kong, and it can accommodate 500,000 to 550,000 people.The scale of Ma'anshan and creating 270,000 employment opportunities.At present, the core business district of Hong Kong is located in Central and Golden Bell. The land area is small, so that the rent of the Hong Kong -Glass A office building is getting more and more expensive.The last government of Hong Kong proposed the development of Guantang, Kowloon Bay and Kai Tak, and became Hong Kong's second core business district.
Due to the serious lack of land and residential supply, the previous Hong Kong government also intended to develop land, and proposed the "Lantau Island Tomorrow" plan, including 1,000 public island of reclamation.Business district.Sources of the Hong Kong Government revealed recently that it is expected to announce specific suggestions such as financing arrangements and costs of the artificial island of Chairzhou within the next year.
However, the Jiazhouzhou artificial island project has recently caused controversy in society.The Development Bureau invited multiple environmental protection groups to attend the "Central Water Artificial Island Introduction Conference" in the closed door early last month. 11 environmental protection organizations and follow -up groups refused to attend.Actively consult the public, have no credibility, and urge the official to withdraw the reclamation plan.
Green Peace and Local Research Society also released a research earlier that 13 artificial island projects with similar and more than thousands of hectares of "Lantau Island" in the world are delayed or shelved."Rate 77 %, it is believed that the development model is difficult to succeed in various places, and it is difficult for Hong Kong to" gamble ".
Chen Weiqiang, a lecturer of Hong Kong University of Technology Hong Kong Specialty College, pointed out in the United Morning Post that the Hong Kong Government launched the Jiaizhou artificial island project in the early years. The original intention was to increase land supply and solve the property market problem.However, the project must be reclaimed and the transportation facilities in the urban area must be built. The cost is very high. "According to the current financial income of the Hong Kong government, it is likely to issue debts to complete the project."
Chen Weiqiang pointed out that the problem of expenditure is not discussed. In recent years, the emergence of immigration in Hong Kong has decreased to demand for residential land. The official plans to develop the northern metropolitan area, and a large number of residential units will be provided at that time.Again.Therefore, he believes that the Hong Kong Government should currently consider centralized development of the northern metropolitan area.
