Government encouraged to retain more heritage buildings and develop plans to better use these sites in the long term
Conservationists have urged the government to modify its policies on preserving heritage buildings following the decision last week to officially recognise Dragon Garden in Sham Tseng as a historic building after a three-month battle to save it from developers.
They have called on the government to come up with a more comprehensive conservation policy rather than one which covers just a select number of sites.
Meanwhile, developers and surveyors have suggested Hong Kong follow the example of Singapore and encourage private property owners to retain historic buildings.
Even though the government has encouraged and restricted developers to protect heritage buildings after outcry from the public, it did not have any plans on how to better utilise the heritage assets in the long term, they said.
People power has saved a number of historic buildings such as the Central Police Station.
