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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)
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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
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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
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Reclamation Scheme – The new faces of Central Water Front
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Result of Our Survey:
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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.
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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
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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.
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