Source:
https://scmp.com/article/999903/spot-fog

A spot of fog

Legislators should be applauded for withholding support for a HK$15billion waste incinerator to be built on Shek Kwu Chau, leaving the issue to incoming chief executive Leung Chun-ying's administration. The current administration has clearly botched the job.

Many would agree with the government that incineration is part of the solution to Hong Kong's waste disposal problem, but where to put the incinerator? The Environmental Protection Department decided it should be built on Shek Kwu Chau, and cast local opposition as 'not in my neighbourhood' resistance by residents in the vicinity. In fact, the real issue is the department's unprofessional and indefensible decision-making that led to the selection of a site in an ecologically sensitive area, instead of an existing industrial zone - the Tsang Tsui ash lagoons in Tuen Mun.