MARINE, BIRD AND WILDLIFE PRESERVATION
'The Mai Po Marshes area, the Inner Deep Bay and the surrounding fish ponds have been listed as a Ramsar site since 1995 ... the Town Planning Board has issued a set of planning guidelines governing development there. A 'precautionary approach' is adopted to protect and conserve the existing ecological functions of the ... wetland ecosystem as a whole.'
C.L. Ng, Deputy Secretary Environment, Transport & Works
'The continuing reclamation in Hong Kong involving the dumping and dredging of contaminated sediments from the harbour and elsewhere poses a big risk to the health of our marine food sources and to habitats of species such as the Chinese white dolphin and indeed the many magnificent species of bird life who annually visit Mai Po Marshes as part of their annual migration.'
Martin Baker Greenpeace
'Any development that may prove to encroach on the natural environment of Mai Po should be avoided as this is an internationally designated wetland and an important feeding ground for migratory birds.'