Sixteen professional and statutory bodies are being asked to detail problems with the controversial environmental protection law in preparation for expected changes to the legislation.
However, an official denied yesterday the review was prompted by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation's problems with the Lok Ma Chau spur line in Long Valley.
Non-affiliated lawmaker Dr Raymond Ho Chung-tai, who represents the engineering sector and is convenor of the Public Works Concern Group, said the group had written to the 16 bodies asking for their views on problems with the Environmental Impact Assessment.
Feedback from the groups is expected to be ready by September. Their views would be analysed and proposals on how to amend the law will be submitted to Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and Financial Secretary Antony Leung Kam-chung.
The bodies include the concern group's 12 members, consisting of architects, surveyors, engineers, town planners and the construction sector, the Works Bureau, the KCRC, the Mass Transit Railway Corporation and the Airport Authority.
The KCRC on Monday lost its bid to overturn a decision blocking the Lok Ma Chau spur line in the ecologically sensitive Long Valley when the Environmental Impact Assessment Appeal Board ruled against the railway project.
