“Hong Kong is not short of land” 「不是土地短缺問題」

“Hong Kong is not short of land”
「不是土地短缺問題」

The Citizens Task Force on Land Resources (CTF) published its position paper submitted to the Government’s public consultation on land supply.

Download the English paper: https://goo.gl/a4Da8h
Download the Chinese summary: https://goo.gl/NfzByG

“There is no land shortage. What we need is better strategic land use planning. We don't need a new land reserve, we need to improve our planning process and fix our land supply pipe line,” Paul Zimmerman explained.

The government task force focused on supply without considering improvements to be made to planning and distribution of land uses, and access to housing.

Comprehensive planning of the New Territories is required, safeguarding natural resources while developing areas dominated by brownfields. CTF objects to development of Country Parks (a special asset to be safeguarded) and the East Lantau Metropolis (expensive and will divert resources from fixing the New Territories).

民民間土地資源小組今早舉行記者會，發布及簡述遞交予政府土地供應小組的意見書。

下載詳細意見書（只提供英文版）：https://goo.gl/a4Da8h

下載中文意見書撮要：https://goo.gl/NfzByG

「香港並非沒有足夠土地，香港需要長遠及具策略性的規劃視野，並改善現有的規劃過程和土地供應階梯。政府正無視現有可作發展的土地。」司馬文先生解釋。

政府和專責小組在諮詢內只集中在土地供應，並沒考慮改善現行規劃制度，土地分配和房屋等問題。

發展新界地區前需要完善的規劃，在釋放棕地作發展時需同時保護現有的自然環境及天然資源，以防止棕地擴張。民間小組再次重申堅決反對東大嶼人工島計劃（造價昂貴）和發展郊野公園（特別資產）。