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Oren Tatcher

Oren Tatcher

Oren Tatcher is an architect and planner who specialises in airports and urban mobility. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design and teaches at the Master in Urban Design and Transportation programme at the University of Hong Kong.
Oren Tatcher is an architect and planner who specialises in airports and urban mobility. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design and teaches at the Master in Urban Design and Transportation programme at the University of Hong Kong.

Opinion | Hong Kong’s vision for low-altitude economy needs urban reality check

While cross-border flights, emergency services and deliveries to outlying islands may make sense, other services just won’t fly in a dense city environment.

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Hong Kong has neither the structure of mainland cities able to follow a zero-Covid policy, nor the space of Western countries that are living with the virus. Its exit strategy must therefore draw on the knowledge of urban planners as well as medical experts, and combine the best practices of both approaches.

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Hong Kong is right in not rushing to embrace the trend of automated vehicles, as their introduction is likely to reinforce the lamentable segregation of people and vehicles in the city’s urban planning.

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Creativity has a new place", proclaim the signs welcoming visitors to PMQ, the former Police Married Quarters in Sheung Wan recently reborn as a hub for the local creative industry.

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