Legislative Council Papers
Recent Judgment of the High Court
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Query No. 1 by SPH | SPH quotes Mr Justice Hartmann's remark in the judgment that "it may well be preferable for the CE in C to remit the plan" and argues that this shows that the Court also agrees that CE in C should refer the Central plan to the Town Planning Board. |
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Query No. 2 by SPH | SPH alleges that the judgment did not give legitimacy to the Central Reclamation plan. |
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Judgment of the Court of Final Appeal
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Query 3 by SPH | SPH queries why the Government refuses to refer the Central Plan back to the Town Planning Board while on the other hand, the Court of Final Appeal judgment has ordered to do so for the Wan Chai Plan. |
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Query 4 by SPH | SPH queries why the Government is proceeding with the Central Reclamation, the Wan Chai Reclamation and the Kowloon Bay Reclamation. |
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Relief of Traffic Congestion
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Query 5 by SPH | SPH queries why the Government is reclaiming 5.1 hectares of land for sale to developers for commercial development with 6 million square feet of floor area. |
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Minimum Reclamation
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Query 6 by SPH | SPH claims that the Government is wrong to reclaim an extra 1 million square feet which is not needed for the Central Wanchai Bypass. |
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Query 7 by SPH | SPH claims that the Marine Basin covering 3 hectares near the New Convention Centre is not needed. |
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Central Reclamation Works Contract
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Query 8 by SPH | SPH queries why did the Government prematurely enter into the Central Reclamation Works Contract when it was fully aware that the Wan Chai Judicial Review would affect the Central Reclamation. |
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Query 9 by SPH | SPH queries why has the Government not respected and complied with the Decision in the legal proceedings arising from the Central Reclamation Works Contract when the Decision recommended that the Government should re-tender the Works Contract. |
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Query 10 by SPH | SPH queries why did the Government not take legal advice and include an 'escape clause' in the Works Contract so as to avoid substantial claims being made by the Contractor. |
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Query 11 by SPH | SPH queries what is the urgency in the Central Reclamation Works to build half a Bypass when the Town Planning Board has announced that it will take up to 2 years to review the Wan Chai Reclamation Plan. |
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Electronic Road Pricing
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Query 12 by SPH | SPH queries that the Government has only released an executive summary of the ERP consultancy study and thus failed to give a full picture of the pros and cons of implementing ERP in Hong Kong. |
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The Atkins Consultancy on Minimum Reclamation Options
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Query 13 by SPH | SPH criticizes the Government for refusing to release the $30 million consultancy study done by Atkins which they allege have produced options involving a smaller extent of reclamation. |
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Moratorium on reclamation
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Query 14 by SPH | SPH calls on the Government to declare an immediate moratorium of all reclamation works so that the community can have the opportunity to consider whether there is any overriding public need for further reclamation of the harbour. |
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