FAQ 常見問題：Electricity 電力
Title: Whether Hong Kong should purchase electricity from China in the future?
題目：香港將來應否向中國購電？
Object to small house developments in Tai Long Wan
反對大浪灣丁屋申請
Dear Chairman and Members,
致城市規劃委員會主席及各委員：
I object to planning permission for the development of five houses as this will impact the natural and cultural heritage of Tai Long Wan, and contravene the planning intention as agreed under the Outline Zoning Plan for Tai Long Wan (S/SK-TLW/5).
我反對在西貢咸田興建五座小型屋宇的規劃申請，因為該申請影響大浪灣的天然環境及古蹟，並違反大浪灣分區大綱圖(S/SK-TLW/5)的規劃原意。
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3rd Runway Concerns
有關機場擴建第三條跑道
Currently Hong Kong has over 80% of the international flights out of the Pearl River Delta. With the 3rd Runway proponents hope to maintain a large share of this growing market. But with only 7% of the population and manufacturing moving ever further land inwards, how sensible is that? The economic gains benefit a few, while the rest of the community pays. It is not just the money: Air pollution, noise, loss of marine habitat, and traffic – lots of it.
現在香港肩負珠角三角洲80%的國際航班，市場不斷擴大，
Sign: Abolish the Small House Policy
聯署: 廢除丁屋政策！
We, the undersigned, hereby petition the HKSAR Chief Executive, C.Y Leung to:
1) Abolish the divisive, discriminatory, outdated and unsustainable Small House Policy without any further delay
or, at the very least:
2) Amend the SHP without undue delay so that the SHP no longer applies within Country Park boundaries
我們特此聯署向特首梁振英要求：
1) 即時廢除這個分裂香港、歧視港人、過時及不可持續發展的丁屋政策。
2) 或者最起碼要即時修訂丁屋政策，丁屋不得在郊野公園範圍內興建。
Support Creating Space for Waste 支持建立廢物回收空間
Support smart waste management today
You are invited to submit your comments on a new proposal to build integrated waste handling facilities at our landfills, and to rezone the incinerator site as a marine park.
No time, No space
Within hours after cleaning up dinner or breakfast our waste is dumped in landfills. Helpers, security guards, elderly, cleaners and haulers have little time to strip paper, aluminum cans and other items of value. If we want to improve our recycling rate, we will need more time and more space to sort. But as flats are too small and urban areas densely built up, there is no space left to fully separate waste.
Sharing the waste burden
www.wastehk.org proposes to divide Hong Kong into four catchment areas each with an integrated waste facility for collection, separation, sorting, and stock piling of recyclables. To find the land, www.wastehk.org proposes that two existing landfills, an industrial waterfront site east of Tseung Kwan O and a new site at north-east Lantau are zoned for integrated facilities with sea access. All sites are suitable for high capacity mechanical waste sorting before it is dumped in the landfill.
Eliminate the need for a super incinerator
People can pre-sort their wet and dirty (food, diapers) from clean and dry (packaging materials) waste to make it easy to retrieve recyclables. Together with the large sorting facilities we can improve our recycling rate and eliminate the need for a super incinerator.
Your support today
Support this proposal for smart integrated waste management on or before 20 December 2013. See www.wastehk.org for more information.
This Sunday: Walk to appreciate Tai Long Sai Wan
今個星期日：大浪西灣郊遊活動
「大浪西灣 城鄉共享」
“We share, We love, We support” –Tai Long Sai Wan
西貢大浪灣關注組及「保衛郊野公園」
Friends of Tai Long Sai Wan (FDOTLS) and Save Our Country Parks (SOCP) recommend the “We share, We love, We support” appreciation walk to Tai Long Sai Wan this Sunday. The walk and visit of the beach is recommended in support of the Hong Kong Government and its plan to incorporate Tai Long Sai Wan enclave into Sai Kung East Country Park.
Collusion in country parks between developers and Government
發展商與政府合謀摧毀郊野公園
How do you explain this? 你如何理解這些圖？
Records of land sales in Hoi Ha and Pak Lap, two enclaves in the Sai Kung Country Parks, show how agriculture land has been sold to developers in recent years. Guess what, the new draft outline zoning plans show exactly these areas now zoned for house development – development which will damage the integrity of the country parks.
海下和白腊這兩片郊野公園「不包括土地」的土地轉讓記錄顯示，該兩處的農地俱於近年出售與地產發展商。非常巧合地，在新的分區大綱草圖中，這些農地剛好給劃作「鄉村式發展」，可供興建村屋。這勢將嚴重破壞郊野公園的整體環境。
Save Our Country Parks from Development
保護郊野公園不受盲目發展破壞
Join the ‘Save Our Country Parks’ campaign here.
按此參與「保衛郊野公園」行動。
Should we have zoning for Small House Development (left) or include enclaves into Country Parks (right)?
你想要像左面的村屋發展區還是把所有「不包括土地」納入郊野公園範圍內像右面一樣？
Over 20 green groups have joined to form the “Save Our Country Parks” alliance with one simple demand: Incorporate the enclaves into the Country Parks so they can enjoy active management, park amenities and regular patrols, and development is subject scrutiny by the Country and Marine Parks Board.
由超過廿個環保團體聯合組成的「保衛郊野公園」聯盟只有一個簡單的訴求：將所有「不包括土地」納入郊野公園範圍內，交由郊野公園及海岸公園委員會進行積極的管理、改善公園設施及定期的巡邏。
Keep small house thuggery out of country parks
向郊野公園村霸「說不」
Keep small house thuggery out of country parks
For years Designing Hong Kong has warned the Lands Department and Town Planning Board of the breakdown in law and order as a result of the Small House Policy. And this is set to get worse.
To deal with the infinite small house demand, Government has decided on a ‘containment strategy’. Instead of ending the Small House Policy, it restricts construction of small houses to village land. The result is for residents – not village developers who filled their pockets – to resolve: Violence, criminal intimidation, and even death.
With 2/3 of the V-zones are already used up, houses are now squeezed between existing ones, often on land used for access and parking. The location of small houses is chaotic as they are granted individually at different times on former paddy fields. The Lands Department does not guarantee right-of-way to small houses. Village developers are told to make their own arrangements for footpaths, vehicular access and parking. And so they do where they can with the unauthorized occupation of Government (and private) land.
Below are some recent examples of village thuggery as a result of the small house policy.
To object to the cancer of village houses spreading through our country parks, go to http://www.designinghongkong.com/forms/view.php?id=13155