View Poll Results: Should Lantau land reclamation proceed?

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Lantau Tomorrow Vision: Should Lantau land reclamation proceed?

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  1. #21

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrgoodkat:
    The government should just level all the industrial buildings in areas like Lai Chi Kok and Cheung Sha Wan. It's only 20 minutes to downtown by MTR.
    and Kwun Tong to Kowloon Bay

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    As the legal system is dismantled and HK is absorbed into the mainland and is no longer a global financial hub, what realistically is going to uphold property prices when one can easily pick up property in the GBA for a fraction of the price in easy travelling time.

    Nothing but a heist.

    ramelec and aw451 like this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GentleGeorge:
    Is this even true though?

    The 150-a-day one way migrants from the mainland alone will add another million population to the city in the next two decades (which might be a realistic guess for when these buildings and transport links will be coming fully on-stream)
    They will need to accelerate that to prevent population decline occurring as people migrate out. That could be anything up to 2mil+ that need to be replaced.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aw451:
    That was a huge omission. Most of the flats in the Yau Tsim Mong area are rotten and falling to pieces. It's a ticking time bomb. Sooner or later they are going to have to preserve a few for historical reasons and bring the bulldozers for the rest.

    Having a nice shiny white elephant while windows, cladding and awnings are falling on people's heads in the most populous areas makes little sense.
    The government did say somewhere the aim was to "decant" the current residents to less prime locations such as the faux island off Lantau.

  5. #25

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    Quote Originally Posted by GentleGeorge:
    But this overlooks the fact that Lantau Vision will be about five times closer to Central than Tin Shui Wai is, so it will be much more convenient for living and getting around.
    Unless you are not interested in getting around in Central (I certainly am not). Central is definitely already overcrowded, so building housing for another 2 million people in that place might not be the best idea. You could also develop Tin Shui Wai to be a modern centre (a second Central) and put high-speed rail to commute among these two areas in 15 minutes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by john_1122:
    Unless you are not interested in getting around in Central (I certainly am not). Central is definitely already overcrowded, so building housing for another 2 million people in that place might not be the best idea. You could also develop Tin Shui Wai to be a modern centre (a second Central) and put high-speed rail to commute among these two areas in 15 minutes.
    There is already a modern high tech centre 15 minutes from Tin Shui Wai

    Hint: you have to cross a bridge to get there