The Hong Kong Civil Servants General Union urged the government to carry out the development of an artificial beach in Lung Mei, located along Tolo Harbour, as quickly as possible ("Activists decry support for beach at Lung Mei", November 8).
The union said the established due process must be respected or many development projects would stall. The development of this beach has gone through statutory town planning, reclamation, and environmental impact procedures. The local district council was consulted often, and Legco approved the funding of HK$200 million.
The environment secretary and director of environmental protection have received substantive information from members of the "Save Lung Mei" alliance, including Designing Hong Kong, identifying endangered species and alternative sites that have not been reviewed.
The members have requested a review of the environmental permit for the beach under section 14 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance. The secretary and the director must now decide whether information about the project's impacts was concealed, and whether there is cause to suspend, vary or cancel the permit.