After spending $5m to win a court ruling against reclamation, the society is launching a campaign to raise cash and support
A harbour-protection group is mounting a 'Ten Dollar Campaign' to raise funds and public awareness for a renewed battle against reclamation.
The Society for the Protection of the Harbour spent about $5 million on its landmark court victory against the government that ended last month, but has no money left.
'Our kitty is empty,' society chairman Winston Chu Ka-sun said.
'It's not just that we need the $10, but we need the support and commitment of the public to donate money and to do their part to protect their assets. We have been the trustees of the harbour so far, but continued preservation must be something the public supports.'
The group on Wednesday threatened the chief executive and the secretary for Environment, Transport and Works with a court injunction if the government did not stop dumping sand in the harbour within a week.
The reclamation work had not stopped, the group noted, despite a High Court ruling that the Town Planning Board's approach in approving the draft Wan Chai North outline zoning plan was 'flawed as a matter of law', and that the board had not properly interpreted the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance.
