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[Hong Kong] Artificial beach at Tai Po Lung Mei 政府擬將大埔龍尾天然泥灘改建成人工泳灘

Artificial beach at Tai Po Lung Mei 政府擬將大埔龍尾天然泥灘改建成人工泳灘

South China Morning Post

Fake beach risk to rare fish: critics
Dennis Chong
Dec 26, 2007       
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Opponents of plans to turn 200 metres of the Tai Po coastline into an artificial beach claimed yesterday that the sea nearby is host to rare species, and disputed the government's environmental assessment.
About 50 members of the Hong Kong Wildlife Forum gathered on a muddy stretch of coastline near Lung Mei Village in Tai Po in a protest urging the government to reconsider the planned project.



They said a field trip this month found that rare marine creatures, such as the northern dragonet, a type of fish, would be destroyed if the plan went ahead.

According to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, such species are rare in local waters and can only be found in Port Shelter and Long Ke.

Wildlife Forum says other creatures, such as sea stars, urchins and crabs are also common at low tides. Group spokesman Wong Chi-chun said that the government had underestimated the ecological value of the area. "If the government wants to turn this site into a recreational area, it does not have to be an artificial beach. It can be an ecology education centre," Mr Wong said.

The group's advocates held up protest placards and mocked the action of pouring money into the water to illustrate that the money was being used for the wrong purpose.

Mr Wong added that the water quality was unsuitable for swimming and the sand used to create the beach could affect the Ting Kok mangrove area less than 500 metres away.

He said that an environmental impact assessment which found that water quality could be improved through drainage works and that marine life in the area was of only low ecological value was not accurate.

The government was not willing to comment last night.

Public consultation on the project finished this month.

The Advisory Council on the Environment is expected to meet early next year to discuss the assessment's findings.

Roy Tam Hoi-pong, president of Green Sense, another environmental group, agreed that marine life could be affected if an artificial beach was built. But he said the beach would answer the persistent calls of Tai Po residents for swimming facilities.

Plans for the HK$130 million beach involve dredging about 10,500 square metres of seabed, building a breakwater at each end, pouring in sand and building bathing facilities and a car park.

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Re: Artificial beach at Tai Po Lung Mei

[quote:1072b93f10="cgary"] Roy Tam Hoi-pong, president of Green Sense, another environmental group, agreed that marine life could be affected if an artificial beach was built. But he said the beach would answer the persistent calls of Tai Po residents for swimming facilities.

Plans for the HK$130 million beach involve dredging about 10,500 square metres of seabed, building a breakwater at each end, pouring in sand and building bathing facilities and a car park.[/quote]

$130 million is an outrageous waste of taxpayers money!!!

Lets hope the Tai Po residents don't start asking for a ski slope . . .
Mike KilburnVice Chairman, HKBWSChairman, Conservation Committee

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More details (including news, discussions and "shadow EIA" by wildlife photographers) at hkwildlife.net:救救龍尾 (save Lung Mei)

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請到這裡簽名支持,保留目前的自然生境,反對興建人工泳灘!
救救龍尾

Please help to save the natural habitat at Lung Mei by signing the Guestbook:
Save Lung Mei

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Love photographing Creator's work
www.fotop.net/yinming

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Rally among Green Groups to save Lung Mei Beach
14:30 10/2/08 Assemble at Chater Garden, near Exit J2 MTR Central Station
Participating Green Groups: HKBWS, Conservancy Association, ELSS HKUSU, Friends of the Earth, etc.
Click to see poster


「龍尾魚蝦蟹大團拜」
喜氣洋洋送龍尾   
保護海灘迎鼠年


日期:2008年2月10日(年初四)
時間:下午2:30
集合地點:中環遮打花園(近中環站J2出口)

按此看海報

行動及目標:
步行往政府總部送高官們大揮春,寓意他們關注環境、保護海洋。
再到禮賓府與特首拜年,送上一條大龍尾,寓意事事有頭有尾,保護龍尾天然海灘,同時送上聯合聲明大利是。

誠意邀請關注龍尾的朋友們到場參與及支持。

注意事項:
1. 穿著較鮮色的賀年衣飾,帶著喜氣洋洋的心情
2. 自行設計或印製賀年揮春
3. 帶上魚蝦蟹的面具(現場供應)

支持團體: 香港自然生態論壇、長春社、香港地貌岩石保育協會、Save Our Shorelines、Environmental Life Science Society, SS, HKUSU、環保觸覺、潛聚力、香港海豚保育學會、香港觀鳥會、香港地球之友、綠領行動

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