The sustainability of new town development in Hong Kong : a new urbanist approach

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung-sze, Sincere Kan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
New Town ◽  
Town Development ◽  
New Urbanist

Hong Kong New Town Development

1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. K. Chow
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
New Town ◽  
Town Development

scholarly journals New Town Planning as Diplomatic Planning: Scalar Politics, British–Chinese Relations, and Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
pp. 009614422094881
Author(s):  
Maurice Yip
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
New Town ◽  
Regional Dynamics ◽  
Town Development ◽  
Scalar Politics ◽  
The Government ◽  
Colonial Government

Tin Shui Wai new town in Hong Kong, known as the “city of sadness,” has been narrated by the “Tin Shui Wai Myth” that attributes its urban problems to the planning failures after the colonial government rescued the developers, including a Chinese red capital, from a market slump in the early 1980s. This myth creates misunderstandings, which confuse recent debates about new town development and regional integration with China. To debunk this myth, this article, based on archival research, analyzes the scalar politics of new town planning and explains why the government decided to purchase the land and develop it in a partnership with the developers. It sheds new light on how the regional dynamics in South China after the economic reforms prompted China and Britain to react to the new town proposal at interconnected and contested spatial scales, before the diplomatic negotiations about this British colony’s future officially started.

Water Quality in the Priority Watercourses of Hong Kong in Respect of Various Environmental Control Measures

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 85-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho Kin-chung
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Livestock Waste ◽  
Water Control ◽  
Control Zone ◽  
Town Development ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Term Monitoring

The water quality in the 12 priority watercourses of Hong Kong was appraised in respect of the various environmental control measures being undertaken. It was noted that water quality in Lam Tsuen River had been significantly improved since 1983. This is attributed to recent resumption of unsewered lands for town development, training of river basin to increase flow, and declaration of the catchment as a “Water Control Zone” under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance. In contrast with the other heavily polluted watercourses to which little abatement measures were implemented, the water qualities of Shing Mun River and Tuen Mun River were slightly upgraded because of the efforts to rectify unauthorized industrial discharges back to foul sewer and provision of interceptors and sewers to villages. The 10 year Livestock Waste Control Scheme enforced on 24 June 1989 was found in parallel with BOD and suspended solids decrease in watercourses. To assess its effectiveness, however, a longer term monitoring is required to get a conclusive result.

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