Subject: [Hong Kong] 沙螺洞試驗計劃環評報告 EIA Report - PPP in Sha Lo Tung [Print This Page] Author: HKBWS Chuan Time: 8/03/2011 09:54 Subject: 沙螺洞試驗計劃環評報告 EIA Report - PPP in Sha Lo Tung
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The EIA report for "Pilot Project for Public - Private Partnership Conservation Scheme, Sha Lo Tung Valley, Tai Po" is now receiving public comment. The Deadline is : 5 April 2011
Main Components of the Public-Private Partnership project: Columbarium with 60,000 spaces, Nature Reserve in Sha Lo Tung SSSI, widening of Sha Lo Tung Road
We object to the approval of the Sha Lo Tung PPP EIA report based on the following reasons:
1. The proposed development will cause adverse environmental impact, especially ecological, to Sha Lo Tung;
2. The EIA report conceals that there will be impacts to bird species of conservation interest (including Chinese Grassbird), and a specific conservation programme for birds is absent;
3. The proposed Sha Lo Tung Road expansion would introduce enourmous development pressure;
4. The large number of visitors brought by the proposed development would introduce disturbances to biodiversity in the area;
5. The EIA report conceals that there will be adverse environmental impacts (air, noise and visual) on recreational hikers using Sha Lo Tung Road / nearby trail to Fung Yuen);
6. There will be adverse environmental impact introduced by the proposed development, however the EIA report fails to proof that the mitigation measures are practicable, effective and reliable. No real alternatives, such as moving the columbarium complex to the lower part of Sha Lo Tung Road, were suggested.
7. The EIA report does not fulfill the requirements of the EIAO and its Technical Memorandum, based on the above.