Press
Releases
Designing
Hong Kong Harbour District
Urges a Halt to Legal Proceedings
on Harbour Reclamation
(March
8, 2004, Monday) HONG KONG ---- With the judgment on the Central reclamation
due tomorrow, March 9 at 14:15, the organizers of ‘Designing Hong
Kong Harbour District’ urge a halt to legal proceedings.
“We urge all parties to seek to avoid further legal proceedings
as far as possible,” said Paul Zimmerman, chief-coordinator of the
initiative.
“We invite both the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region and the Society of the Protection of the Harbour to actively participate
in a public process of consensus building,” Paul continued. “In
that way the community together can move forward and redesign the Hong
Kong Harbour District on the basis of minimum reclamation and achieving
maximum benefits for the community.”
The ‘Designing Hong Kong Harbour District’ initiative includes
a series of activities between now and June, including a workshop, conference,
forum and seminars.
The Planning Department is already participating as an Advisor, and the
Society for the Protection of the Harbour, as a supporter, are both already
participating.
Event
Calendar:
March 16
Luncheon at the Island Shangri-La
Briefing of key stakeholders in the decision process
Guest speakers:
Mr Albert Lai, Chairman, Hong Kong People's Council for Sustainable Development
& Representative of Citizen Envisioning @ Harbour
Mr Bosco Fung, Director of Planning, Hong Kong SAR
Ms Christine Loh, CEO, Civic Exchange
April 15
Luncheon at the J W Marriot Hotel
Briefing of the Business Community organized by
the Chambers of Commerce
May 2
Public Forum at Park Court, Pacific Place
An interactive community event on the design of the Harbour district
May 3, May 4-7
EnviroSeries Conference and Seminars
Island Shangri-La and Pacific Place Conferencing Center
Professionals, experts and decision makers meet to agree
on the way forward
About
“Designing Hong Kong Harbour District”
Using the name, “Hong Kong Harbour District”, to embrace Victoria
Harbour, the harbour front and surrounding districts on Hong Kong Island
and Kowloon, the Initiative calls for an integrated plan and public consultation
process for the entire Hong Kong Harbour District. The objective is to
identify consensus on actionable principles for sustainable planning.
The initiative is an open invitation for individuals and parties from
the government, business, professional, academic and community groups
to partake in the consensus-building process.
The
growing list of supporters include …
American Chamber of Commerce, Australian Chamber of Commerce, AGC Design
Limited, Business Environment Council, Canadian Chamber of Commerce in
Hong Kong, Civic Exchange, Clear the Air, Creative Initiatives Foundation,
The Experience Group, Fairmont Shipping, Friends of the Harbour, Fringe
Club, Gammon Skanska Limited, GML Consulting, Hong Kong General Chamber
of Commerce, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Hongkong
Land, Island Shangri-la Hotel Hong Kong, Jones Lang LaSalle, The Kowloon
Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, Living Islands Movement, MF Jebsen International,
Planning Department HKSAR, Quamnet, Save our Shorelines, Society for Protection
of the Harbour, South China Morning Post, Sunday Communications, The Swire
Group, The Wharf (Holdings) Limited, Albert Cheng, Erwin Hardy, …
For more information on the initiative, please visit www.friendsoftheharbour.org.
For press enquiries, please contact:
Ms Loretta Chang, 2234 6424 / 6446 1513, loretta@bbluesky.com
Ms Helen Li, 2234 6424 / 9735 0164, pilot@bbluesky.com