For those of you who like the outdoors of Hong Kong, this is an important petition to save Hoi Ha Marine Reserve in Sai Kung. It is amazing that we are even having to write about this to do so....but bad governing is at play here. If you have not yet done so, can you please write a letter of objection to Town Planning Board before close of day, Wednesday 27th November. This will be our last chance to object to plans for the development of Hoi Ha which will impact badly upon the Marine Park. Sample letters attached below. Please encourage others who appreciate our wilderness areas also to write letters. If each one of you could possibly encourage just 5 more people to sign the Petition, that will take us up to our target of 5,000 signatures. supporthk.org/i.php/View/374?_lang=en; and in Chinese: supporthk.org/i.php/View/374?_lang=zh_HK LETTER TO TOWN PLANNING BOARD OBJECTING TO HOI HA’S DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN Please personalize this by adding your own introductory paragraph so that all the letters received are slightly different. Your name Your address Today’s date Chairman, Town Planning Board Email address: [email protected] cc: [email protected] and [email protected] Dear Sir Draft Hoi Ha Outline Zoning Plan No: S/NE-HH/1 I am writing in support of the inclusion of the Hoi Ha enclave into Sai Kung Country Park and into Hoi Ha Marine Park and urge the Town Planning Board to suggest this. In the interim, I support the proper zoning of Hoi Ha Marine Park for conservation, and object to the Town Planning Board’s Draft Outline Zoning Plan, which has zoned Hoi Ha for development. Green Belt should be replaced with Conservation Area, the V-zone should be much-reduced and limited to the existing village cluster, and the draft expanded V-Zone should be rezoned as Conservation Area. My reasons for objecting are these: • The requirement for an enlarged V-zone has been based on an unrealistic assessment of the need for housing. • The Town Planning Board has been given inaccurate maps and incomplete and misleading data on the environmental and landscape value of the V-zone and Green Belt areas. • The building of a large number of houses equipped with Septic Tanks will pollute Hoi Ha Wan, will kill the marine life and may make the beaches unsafe for bathing. • The coastline is of environmental importance and needs to be protected by a buffer zone of Coastal Protection Area at least 30 metres from the shore. • The Hoi Ha Stream is of environmental importance and needs to be protected by a buffer zone of Conservation Area at least 30 metres wide. Yours faithfully Your name
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:19:19 +0000
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