Environmental body gives Lung Mei project the green light, but with strings attached
The government's environment advisers yesterday tentatively endorsed plans for a man-made beach at Lung Mei in Tolo Harbour, but with conditions.
After a meeting lasting three hours, the Advisory Council on the Environment asked the proponent of the project, the Civil Engineering and Development Department, to submit further information to the environment chief to prove that Lung Mei had low ecological value.
It suggested that Director of Environmental Protection Anissa Wong Sean-yee issue a work permit only if the site was confirmed to be low ecological value after taking into account the additional information.
The site of the proposed beach is a 200-metre muddy stretch of coastline near Lung Mei Village in Tai Po.
Speaking after the meeting, the council's chairman, Lam Kin-che, said they had imposed conditions on the project, including not opening the beach until a sewerage network plan for the area was completed, minimising the impact of street lights and guaranteeing continuing monitoring of water quality.