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| Author: | Tally Ho [ Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:34 pm ] |
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Lamma Island marina bid is thrown out SCMP Saturday, December 17, 2011 Luxury scheme for flats and yachts in green area would set undesirable precedent, say planners Olga Wong Dec 17, 2011 A bold development plan in an ecologically sensitive part of Lamma Island was rejected yesterday by town planners, who feared its approval would set an undesirable precedent. The luxury residential and marine project, Baroque on Lamma, was led by a Town Planning Board member, Cheng Yan-kee. He is the chief executive of the company in charge of the development and was one of the project representatives who met the board yesterday. The Planning Department said Cheng had declared his conflict of interest. The project would have covered more than 85 hectares of green and marine areas in Tung O Wan and included plans for an international yachting base with 500 berths. The scheme encroached on conservation areas and would have needed a vast, 78-hectare slice of government land. It was resurrected in March after being rejected by the Development Opportunities Office last year. The office facilitates private proposals that are deemed worthwhile. Under the amended plan submitted to the Town Planning Board, the development density was reduced by lowering residential buildings and hotel blocks from six or seven storeys to no more than four, providing 900 flats and 120 hotel rooms. But the proposal failed to win the support of board members and government departments. "Approval of the application would set an undesirable precedent for similar applications in the south of Lamma and would attract similar applications for development in conservation-related zones," the Planning Department said. A spokeswoman for the board said the project was incompatible with the area's conservation status and its excessive scale would ruin the site's rural character and threaten ecological assets in the island's south. Apart from the loss of farmland, the marina development would involve reclamation of about nine hectares, resulting in the loss of fisheries habitat, including nursing grounds for some commercial species. The Lands Department also said in the board's paper that it did not support the project as it involved a substantial portion of government land, some burial grounds and sites of archaeological interest. Private land in the hands of the developer only accounts for 8.4 per cent of the development's total area. The department said the prevailing land policy does not allow land exchange of this scale. The proposal sparked controversy, and green groups raised objections, fearing the massive development would be a threat to rare species in the area. The Romer's tree frog, which is endangered, is found in the affected conservation areas, while there is a nesting ground for the endangered green turtle just 200 to 300 metres away. |
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| Author: | Rach [ Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:31 pm ] |
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| Author: | Richard [ Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:16 am ] |
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:41 am ] |
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18 months till they're permitted to reapply. But there are more urgent matters happening right now in South Lamma, Home Affairs Dept. and a local developer have already started more construction work along the beach. See my recent Lamma-zine story, plus this newsletter with many photos sent out just today: How Can We Protect South Lamma? |
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| Author: | SSL956 [ Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:50 am ] |
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:51 pm ] |
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Here are the detailed minutes of the Town Planning Board meeting about BoL, published just a few days ago. They make for some very interesting reading. See page 32 & 33 for the reasons for their decision: http://www.info.gov.hk/tpb/en/meetings/RNTPC/Minutes/m456rnt_e.pdf |
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| Author: | Alan [ Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:54 pm ] |
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| Author: | Wiggychick [ Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:01 pm ] |
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:49 am ] |
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Latest newsletter from Living Lamma just received: Baroque Again? |
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| Author: | charlie [ Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:25 pm ] |
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| Author: | rambler [ Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:52 pm ] |
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| Author: | charlie [ Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:19 pm ] |
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| Author: | Tigger [ Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:50 am ] |
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:53 am ] | ||
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Email newsletter to all subscribers of the BoL website, received yesterday, Jun 29, 2012: "Dear Friends, As part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report to be submitted to Environmental Protection Department under the Ordinance, The Baroque on Lamma (BoL) needs to undertake a Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment to identify whether the proposed development has any adverse impact on cultural heritage. BoL’s environmental consultant, Environment Resources Management Ltd (ERM), will be responsible for the Archaeological Impact Assessment (AIA) field work. For more information regarding AIA, you are welcome to visit our latest blog entry “Archaeological Impact Assessment Field Work”. Should you have further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. Yours Truly, The Team of The Baroque on Lamma http://www.bol-hk.com" 親愛的博寮港之友： 博寮港須進行一項文化遺產影響評估工作，以評估有關發展會否影響當地的文化遺產，而結果將成為博寮港向環境保護署提交的環境影響評估報告其中一部份。博寮港的顧問公司—環境資源管理有限公司（ERM）將負責進行古物影響評估工作。欲知道更多有關古物影響評估的詳情，可參閱博寮港網站最新一篇題為「古物影響評估工程即將展開」的博客。 若有任何查詢，歡迎隨時與我們聯繫。 南丫島博寮港團隊 謹啟 http://www.bol-hk.com<HR> More info and a detailed map in the "Blog of Baroque": http://www.bol-hk.com/template?series=32&article=407
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| Author: | damonwong [ Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:14 pm ] |
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| Author: | Alan [ Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:43 pm ] |
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