The government's original redevelopment plan for Kai Tak, the city's former airport, threatened to eradicate Kowloon Bay, the last vestige of the once spacious Victoria Harbour.
But when a 12-year, HK$100bn ($12.9bn, €10bn, £8.9bn) blueprint for Kai Tak was finally released last month, environmental activists were pleasantly surprised to find that the Hong Kong government had taken a “zero reclamation option”.
“It is a major success – there will not be one square foot of reclamation,” says Winston Chu, a solicitor who has led the fight to preserve what remains of the harbour. “This is the last bay left.”
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