He completely ignores the fact that this would have a greater impact on the dolphins. He now places the crossing facility right next to the Brothers, one of their critical habitat areas. Moreover, he separates the project from all the other related works such as the road links.

The project as a whole will decimate the dolphins' habitat. Mr Wai claims that studies show that the 'construction would not significantly affect the dolphins'. Which studies are these and which marine scientists have agreed with this?

Based on 15 years of experience we can say with certainty that filling in the sea with concrete destroys habitats and fishing grounds forever. Astoundingly he seems unsure how to manage the obvious conflict between his project and the dolphins, as he states that work would be 'temporarily halted if dolphins were spotted too close to building work'. Who is the designated spotter?

Who decides when to go back to work? In the silty waters of north Lantau a dolphin is not visible when only about half a metre below the surface.

The work will always be too close to the dolphins, not the other way round.

It is in their critical habitat and they are always there, regardless of visibility. In an ideal world this white elephant bridge and the Tuen Mun link would at least go underground and if anyone is sensible there would be a rail tunnel from Tung Chung to Macau and Zhuhai.

The full-page advertisement tries hard to hide the fact that the location of the border crossing facility and the road links have been chosen to make life easy for the highway engineers, irrespective of the life of the supposedly protected dolphins.

Janet Walker, Hong Kong Dolphinwatch