1. Should the Victoria Harbour be Reclaimed?
Mentor Teacher: Mrs. KWAN CHEUNG Chau-wan
Group Leader: Wong Ka Chun (39)
Group Members: Fung Chi Heng (14)
Sze-to Yiu Cheung (33)
Tam Chun For (34)
Tam Kai Tai, Ronald (35)
Wu Ting Him (41)

2. Content Aim of Our Project
Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong's Development
The Introduction of Victoria Harbour from 1990 to now
The Reclamation Scheme
The Scheme's News
Our Opinions
Result of Our Survey
Conclusion
Reference

3. Aim of Our Project learn more about the topic,
learn how to co-operate with other members to do a project,
let the fellow classmates to become more interest about the issue,
investigate how to learn the knowledge by using different methods,
know what the people think on some issues
try to advert the problem straight

4. Victoria Harbour and The Development of Hong Kong
1. A port and trade was its
lifeblood of Hong Kong's
economy. Victoria Harbour
had therefore been the
centre of the city's
economic life.
2. Harbour front port activities on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon
dropped with the growth of containerized shipment and the
construction of the container ports at Kwai Chung from the 1970s.
With this major change land along the harbour front became
available for development.
4. It was expedient to reclaim Victoria Harbour rather than to consider
developing away from the harbour area since Hong Kong began to
transform itself into a service centre, more land was needed. .

5. Victoria Harbour and The Development of Hong Kong
5. Developing along the extended harbour front leveraged for transport
infrastructure throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s.
6. However, there are limits to how far we can pack further
developments onto the harbour frontage. Congestion has become a
daily occurrence. Moreover, a beautiful and historic landmark has been
decimated by poor planning and zoning.
7. Recent assertions by the Government that reclamation has been a key
determinant of Hong Kong's success are inaccurate. The Government
simply chose to meet the demand for land by harbour reclamation
which could have included developing the New Territories or urban
regeneration, there was no advocate speaking for Victoria Harbour.

6. The Introduction of Victoria Harbour from 1990 to now
The original Victoria Harbour was about 7000 hectares in size. By 1990,
over 2500 hectares had already been reclaimed but Government still
proposed to reclaim a further 1297 hectares (4.5 square miles). Of these,
by the time the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance was enacted in
1997, a further 661 hectares had been reclaimed such that nearly half
of the original harbour had been made into land. Despite the Ordinance,
the Government has been proposing to reclaim the remaining 636
hectares. Thus, Hong Kong is in danger of losing the total of 3800
hectares (15 square miles), that is, more than half of the harbour.

7. The reclamation scheme
Minimum Option
Streamline Option
The Plan of the Central
Reclamation Phase III
-the scope of the CRIII.
CRIII is one of the two
remaining phases of the
Central and Wan Chai
Reclamation. It is needed
to provide land for
essential transport
infrastructure.
-the CWB linking Rumsey
street Flyover and the
Island Eastern Corridor via the Island Eastern Corridor link;
-new surface roads to link and enhance the existing road network in
Central and Wan Chai.

8. The Reclamation Scheme – The new faces of Central Water Front

9. The Reclamation Scheme – The use of this scheme
Cooling Water Pumping Station
Existing Seawall
Central-Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel
Existing marine mud removed by dredging
Water absorbing seawall
Build a new road from Central to
Wan Chai beside the harbour is
to solve the problem of the serious traffic congestions.

10. Some news about the reclamation:
Activists’ plan halves reclamation
-Harbour conservationists on
released an alternative plan for the Central
and Wan Chai reclamation which they say
halves the amount of harbour to be filled
in without compromising the government’s
main objectives.
-Society for the Protection of the Harbour chairwoman Christine Loh Kung–wai said the
difference in the two plans was that the conservationists had adopted a “minimum
approach” from the design stage. The society also offered a second plan without the
bypass, which cut reclamation by 90 per cent.
-Two Greenpeace activists on successfully blocked the dredging work for the
Central reclamation project by tying their inflatable raft to the barrier of the site.their
objective is to stop the work and the dumping of what they say is contaminated mud
in the harbour.

11. Our opinion: The reclamation of the Harbour, one
of Hong Kong’s most precious natural
assets, is understandably a sensitive
and emotive issue. As the public think
that it would pollute the environment
and they are afraid of the Victoria Harbour
would turn into “Victoria Drain”, most
of the citizen of the HKSAR oppose to the
Central Reclamation Phase III of the
Government. Through this project,
we will find out if the Harbour should be
reclaimed or not.

12. Result of Our Survey:

13. Conclusion:
-As most of the people do not agree to the reclamation ,the
government should change its decision and cancel this project.
Hopefully, it can consult the public’s opinion.
-We learnt a lot of valuable things from this project ,especially
about the Victoria Harbour. Many thanks to our mentor teacher,
who helped us a lot and all the schoolmates who helped us to
complete the questionnaire.

14. Reference Book’s Name Writer Publisher Year of Publish
Hong Kong and Me Book 1A
Eddie Fong
Macmillan
2001
World History Book 2
Y. L. Woo
Alpha
1998
New Certificate Geography
Complete Notes on Issues
H. T. Lai
Hong Kong Educational Publishing
2003
Homepage’s Name
Website
Gateway to Geography
Friends of the Harbour
Housing, Planning & Lands Bureau - Central Reclamation Phase III

15. Should Victoria Harbour be Reclaimed. Group No. : 44 Group Name: H. A
Should Victoria Harbour be Reclaimed? Group No.: Group Name: H. A. R. Mentor Teacher: Mrs. KWAN CHEUNG Chau-wan (Assistant Principal) Group Leader: Wong Ka Chun (39) Artist: Fung Chi Heng (14) Szeto Yiu Cheung (33) I. T.: Tam Chun For (34) Secretary: Tam Kai Tai, Ronald (35) Grammar: Fung Chi Heng (14) Tam Kai Tai, Ronald (35) Presentation: Tam Chun For (34) Wong Ka Chun (39) Information Searching: All group members Meeting Record: Tam Kai Tai, Ronald (35) Questionnaire: Tam Chun For (34) Data-analysis: Szeto Yiu Cheung (33) Tam Kai Tai, Ronald (35) Wong Ka Chun (39) Group Logo: Fung Chi Heng (14) Szeto Yiu Cheung (33) Presentation Script: Wu Ting Him (41) Advisor: Mrs. KWAN CHEUNG Chau-wan THE END © H. A. R. All rights reserved.